Blouse
Huipil
85-2-151
From: Guatemala | Tecpan | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-151 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Tecpan | Department of Chimaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Two panels sewn together, cotton, scatteded silk brocading, neck opening covered with binding, tie at opening. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, natural brown cotton. Yellow - 3 singles, Z twist, red - 2 singles, Z tiwst. Weft: 22 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft - single faced. 2 panels - 4 selvedges each." |
| Length | 53 cm |
| Width | 132 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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