Blouse
Huipil
85-2-373
From: Guatemala | Mixco | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-373 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Mixco | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Unmade huipil made of natural cotton with geometric brocade in orange, yellow, purple, blue and green cotton. Two panels loosely sewn together. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 17 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 96 cm |
| Width | 63 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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