Blouse
Huipil
85-2-125
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-125 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Three cotton panels, heavily brocaded, flower and geometric motifs, unfinished, no neck opening. Brocading in yellow, green, purple, blue and brick red cotton, with one red spot. Stylized flower and geometric designs. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, dark blue cotton. Weft: 32 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, dark blue cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplemental weft: two faced. 3 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 39 cm |
| Width | 100 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.