Blouse
Huipil
| Native Name | Huipil |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 66-34-100 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Pocomchi |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Alta Verapaz Tactic |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Length: | 43 cm |
| Width: | 101 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number: | A-100 - Other Number |
Description
Three breadths of cloth, center panel grey-green plain weave embroidered in red, blue and yellow zigzag and diamond design, outer panels white plain weave cloth embroidered in red, green and blue composite geometric forms, three seams chain stitched together with yellow thread.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Side panels: Warp - 50 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 40 ppi, singles, Z twist, white cotton. Center Panel: Warp - 34 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, green cotton. Weft - 30 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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