Blouse
Huipil
| 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 |
| Length: | 131 cm |
| Width: | 91 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 182 - Other Number |
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."
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