Blouse
Huipil
85-2-63
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-63 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil of royal blue cotton. Two panels sewn loosely together. Selvedge striped on one side only in red, green, purple and yellow. Possibly San Raimundo instead of San Juan. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 50 epi, three singles, Z twist, royal blue cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, three singles, Z twist, royal blue cotton. Warp faced. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 129 cm |
| Width | 79 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 63 - Other Number |
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