Native Name | Huipil |
Object Number | 91-36-22 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Guatemala |
Culture Area | Central American |
Date Made | 1930-1941 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | One panel with four selvedges. Tan color ground with dark blue, red, yellow, purple, green, grey, and tan weft brocade of geometric patterns. As per Sigrid Meier 1997, "Warp: 26 epi four singles Z-twist tan cotton. Weft: 14 ppi three singles Z-twist tan cotton. Plain weave, warp-predominant. Supplementary weft: two-faced. Made on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 76 cm |
Width | 38 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Clifford Lewis III, 1991 |
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