Blouse
Huipil
| Native Name | Huipil |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-312 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala San Andres Semetabaj Department of Solola |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 81.28 cm |
| Width: | 78.74 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 240 - Other Number |
Description
Huipil for a woman of middle class in two pieces without randa. Neck cut out and hemmed. Red with compound stripes of yellow, green and white. Conventionalized figures in blue-black, yellow and green on red stripes.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 68 epi, two singles, Z twist, red yellow green and white cotton. Weft: 14 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced. Supplementary weft is single faced. Two panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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