Blouse
Huipil
| Native Name | Huipil |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-365 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Kekchi |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Alta Verapaz Coban |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Length: | 48 cm |
| Width: | 100 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 296 - Other Number |
Description
Worn by lower class women while working, three pieces no rands, square neck, green cotton embroidered with red, yellow, rose and white cotton and blue silk in stylized plants and flowers, red cotton thread- madder dye [Robert Carlsen 1984].
As per Sigrid Meier, "Side panels: Warp - 36 epi, single, Z twist, green cotton. Weft - 38 ppi, single, Z twist, green cotton. Center Panel: Warp - 30 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, green cotton. Weft - 34 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, green cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 3 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom."
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