Blouse
Huipil
66-34-99
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | San Pedro Carcha
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 66-34-99 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kekchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | San Pedro Carcha |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Uncut, white cotton huipil in three panels. Gauze like weave. Entirely brocaded with stylized animal, human and geometric forms in horizontal bands. Dark green and purple thread. Neck not cut. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 28 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Basket weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 89 cm |
| Width | 100 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-99 - Other Number |
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