Blouse
Huipil
42-35-173
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-173 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | White, in three pieces without rands, neck worked like randa in purple deep rose and yellow silk, heavily embroidered with rearing animals, side pieces with monkeys and birds in red and purple cotton, deep rose yellow and green silk. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 54 epi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 26, ppi. Warp plain weave. Supplementary weft - 2 faced. 3 panels, 4 selvedges each, sides sewn. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 117 cm |
| Width | 115 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 106 - Other Number |
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