Blouse
Huipil
85-2-165
From: Guatemala | Santiago Sacatepequez | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-165 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santiago Sacatepequez | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Iconography | Animal | Tree |
| Description | Two panel white cotton with red stripes, animal and tree motifs embroidered in red cotton with green, orange and yellow accents, randas on all seams embroidered in green, orange and yellow. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, 3 singles, Z twist, white and red cotton. Weft: 23 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft - 2 faced. 2 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 66 cm |
| Width | 90 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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