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Huipil

85-2-220

From: Guatemala | San Gaspar Ixchil | Department of Huehuetenango

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 85-2-220
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mam
Provenience Guatemala | San Gaspar Ixchil | Department of Huehuetenango
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Huipil of white cotton ground made of three pieces sewn together. Diamond brocading on front and shoulders. Arm openings bound in embroidered threads. Tag reads, "--estito Antigua."

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced and two faced. Two panels, wide panel- two selvedges."

Length 53 cm
Width 63 cm
Credit Line Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985
Other Number 220 - Other Number

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