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Huipil

42-35-192

From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 42-35-192
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk
Description

Huipil for a young girl. One piece with a blue-black top with a heavily brocaded shoulder band and scattered figures of three legged animals in red, violet and white cotton and yellow, deep rose, white and green silk.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 128 cm
Width 54 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 125 - Other Number

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