Blouse
Huipil
85-2-148
From: Guatemala | Santo Domingo Xenacoj | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-148 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santo Domingo Xenacoj | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Two pieces, brown handspun cotton, neck uncut, sewn together, red cotton ground with brown, blue and yellow stripes, brocaded at shoulder in silk band. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, 3 singles, Z twist red cotton. Nautral brown cotton, single ply, hand spun. Yellow - 2 ply, blue - 2 ply. Weft: 12 ppi, 5 singles, Z twist, natural brown cotton warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft - 2 faced. 2 panels - 4 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 146 cm |
| Width | 102 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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