Blouse
Huipil
85-2-123
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-123 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Green cotton with white brocade, diamond, animal, people, three panels, unfinished. Horizontal bands of diamonds, animals and people. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, green cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, green cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplemental weft: two faced. 3 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 98 cm |
| Width | 98 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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