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Huipil

85-2-318B

From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 85-2-318B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mam
Provenience Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Cotton huipil, unmade, one panel of two. White ground with purple and red brocading. Fringed. Tag reads, "--muy bana tecnica."

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 23 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, two selvedges, one looped fringe at one end. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 160 cm
Width 46 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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