Blouse
Huipil
85-2-62
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-62 |
| Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil of blue cotton with unsewn sides. Two panels sewn together with brocaded stitch at shoulders. Neck opening bound with embroidered stitches. 1 embroidered bird motif on back right panel, likely a marker. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 50 epi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two sided. Two panels, four selvedges each, striped in red, purple, white and blue. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 86 cm |
| Width | 88 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 | 62 - Other Number |
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