Blouse
Huipil
85-2-301
From: Guatemala | Santiago Atitlan | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-301 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tzutujil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santiago Atitlan | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Hand loom woven, white cotton with purple stripes, two panels sewn together, brocaded stripes on upper half. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 46 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton and purple cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton and purple cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental Weft single faced with warp wrapping. Two panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 63 cm |
| Width | 68 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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