Blouse
Huipil
66-34-21
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 66-34-21 |
| Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | White plain weave cotton huipil with double floating warp threads acheiving a striped effect. Three breadths of material bound with cotton embroidery thread randas. Red and purple cotton thread design of stylized donkeys and birds on the front, back and shoulders. Circle of lavender silk on front and back. The same silk is used as binding around neck. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 88 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, two singles with multiple singles for stripes, white cotton. Center panel: shadow stripes in red cotton, two singles, Z twist. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each, sides seamed. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 118 cm |
| Width | 56 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-21 - Other Number |
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