Blouse
Huipil
85-2-127
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-127 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Two panels of brocaded cotton, similar colors but dissimilar designs, plant, flower, bird, zigzag, unfinished. Brocading in white, orange, magenta, blue, purple, green. Zig zag and stylized plain and flower design and birds. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, dark blue cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, dark blue cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft: two faced. 2 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 100 cm |
| Width | 72 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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