Blouse
Huipil
| Native Name | Huipil |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 70-13-40 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Almolonga Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 51 cm |
| Width: | 53 cm |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase, 1970 |
Description
Cotton. Narrow red, white and blue-white jaspe stripes. Wide center blue stripe. Cotton brocade of large zigzags with 4 different color blocks before direction change. Red-orange, yellow, green, blue, fuscia and white.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Two singles, Z twist, white and blue ikat cotton. Three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 14 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. One panel, three selvedges and fringe at one end. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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