Blouse
Huipil
85-2-317
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Huipil |
Object Number | 85-2-317 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Mam |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Silk |
Description | Cotton huipil of one panel with yellow and purple bands with geometric designs. One band in red at the bottom of the brocading. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced." |
Length | 80 cm |
Width | 88 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
Other Number | 334 - Other Number |
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