Blouse
Huipil
85-2-68
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-68 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Two panels sewn together, overcast stitch, white ground with green selvedges, brocaded in purple, animal and floral designs, neck opening embroidered. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp 50 epi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 23 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft - 2 faced. 2 panels, 4 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 133 cm |
| Width | 134 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 | 68 - Other Number |
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