Blouse
Huipil
85-2-323
From: Guatemala | San Juan Ostuncalco | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-323 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Ostuncalco | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Red cotton, two panels sewn together, upper half brocaded in geometric pattern bands. Old style huipil, worn with blue wrap around refajo, having blue horizontal stripes. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 44 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft - single faced and two faced. 2 panels - 1 panel 3 selvedges - 1 panel 2 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 80 cm |
| Width | 92 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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