Blouse
Huipil
85-2-121
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tamahu
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-121 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tamahu |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton huipil in three panels. Center panel is green ground with brocaded design. Side panels are white. Unfinished, no neck opening. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp center panel: 28 epi, two singles, Z twist, green cotton. Weft center panel: 24 ppi, two singles, Z twist, green cotton. Warp side panels: 32 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft side panels: 30 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 48 cm |
| Width | 110 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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