Blouse
Huipil
85-2-150
From: Guatemala | Santo Domingo Xenacoj | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-150 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santo Domingo Xenacoj | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Cotton, two panels sewn together with embroidered seams, neck opening overcast in silk thread, red ground with blue and white stripes, brocaded animals front and back, brocaded shoulders. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 64 epi, red cotton - 4 singles - white cotton 3 ply. Blue cotton - 2 ply. Weft: 12 ppi, 6 singles, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplement weft - 2 faced. 2 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on backstrap loom." |
| Length | 148 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 |
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