Blouse
Huipil
| Native Name | Huipil |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-300 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Santiago Sacatepequez Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 137 cm |
| Width: | 91 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
Description
Cotton huipil in two panels. White ground with red stripes. Heavily brocaded in geometric designs. Unfinished.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 55 epi, three singles, Z twist, white and red cotton. Weft: 14 ppi, five singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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