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Huipil

85-2-176

From: Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 85-2-176
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Cotton huipil. Light blue ground heavily brocaded in horizontal stripes. Neck is bound with light blue tape. Blue tape rosettes on shoulders and at neckline V's.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, two singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 60 cm
Width 78 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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