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Huipil
| Native Name | Huipil |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-224 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel Pocomam |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Length: | 130 cm |
| Width: | 47 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 145-A - Other Number |
Description
Huipil of one piece. White with bands of blue-black weft threads marking off the bands of blue-black cotton brocade showing animals, women (paper dolls), double animals, and unidentified figures. Designs are broken by lines of lavender cotton and cerise silk.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 41 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist. Supplementary weft is two faced. Warp is predominantly plain weave. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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