Blouse
Huipil
42-35-263
From: Guatemala | Alotenango | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-263 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Alotenango | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | In two pieces, center seam sewn, no randa, neck not cut side seams nor sewn, white with wide compound red, green, blue stripe, embroidered highly conventualized single birds and red, yellow and violet cotton. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, 3 singles, Z twist, multicolored cotton. Weft: 27 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplement weft: single faced. 2 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 131 cm |
| Width | 91 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 182 - Other Number |
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