Blouse
Huipil
66-34-20
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 | 66-34-20 |
| Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Huipil with red cotton warp faced weave. Yellow, white, black and purple alternating stripes. Two breadths of material bound by randas of three different tones of silk thread. Neck slit and finished in deep purple silk thread. Stylized animals and geometric forms in yellow, aqua, black and shades of purple silk thread. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 68 epi, three singles, Z twist, red, white, yellow green and purple are two ply and z twist. Weft: 17 ppi, three singles, Z twist. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 132 cm |
| Width | 104 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-20 - Other Number |
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