Blouse
Huipil
29-60-9
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 29-60-9 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1920 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil made of cotton in three panels. Center panel is red and side panels are white. Brocaded designs of horizontal white accent stripes, zigzags, diamonds and birds in red, yellow, green and white cotton. Neckhole not cut, sides not sewn. See 29-60-4. Similar to 29-60-8. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp center panel: 23 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft center panel: 24 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp side panels: 30 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft side panels: 36 ppi, one ply, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Height | 46 cm |
| Width | 100 cm |
| Credit Line | Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920 |
| Other Number | 196 - Field No SF |
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