Blouse
Huipil
85-2-105
From: Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-105 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil of two panels with a simple embroidered randa. The top half is heavily brocaded and it has a rolled neck. One selvedge is red and one is blue. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, four singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges." |
| Length | 137 cm |
| Width | 88 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 105 - Other Number |
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