Blouse
Huipil
66-34-97
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 66-34-97 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kekchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil made of white, plain gauze weave cotton in three panels. Brocaded in inlaid technique. Design motifs of stylized animal, plant and human forms with geometrics used as fillers. Horizontal bands of design elements. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 26 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 120 cm |
| Width | 80 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-97 - Other Number |
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