Blouse
Huipil
| Native Name | Huipil |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-118J |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Kekchi |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Alta Verapaz Coban |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 94 cm |
| Width: | 104 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
Description
White cotton huipil in three panels sewn together. Lace technique with diagonal brocaded stripes on gauze weave ground.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 20 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Two inch plain weave section at one end of each panel. Rest of fabric is gauze weave ground. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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