Blouse
Huipil
85-2-279
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-279 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton, two panels. Red, white, blue and green ikat warp stripes. Center and side seams sewn together. Sleeves are inset and made of differently patterned, striped material. Neckline gathered and banded. Supplementary weft brocade on upper third of garment and sleeves. Shoulder bands in purple, magenta, orange, blue and green. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp body: 74 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and white and two singles in ikat bands. Two ply green, orange and yellow cotton. Weft body: 22 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp sleeves: 64 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and ikat stripes cotton. Two ply blue, orange and green cotton. Weft sleeves: 28 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is double faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 92 cm |
| Width | 120 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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