Blouse
Huipil
42-35-194
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-194 |
| Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Ceremonial huipil used as a wedding veil in two pieces with no randa and no neck opening. Oe end is hemmed. Red ground, compound lengthwise stripes of blue, light blue, lavender, white, yellow and brown. Brocaded animals and plants in dark green, lavender, white, dark blue and yellow cotton and green and purple silk. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 56 epi, two singles, Z twist, multi colored striped cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, four singles, Z twist, multi colored striped cotton. Warp faced predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges, one is hemmed. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 131 cm |
| Width | 110 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 122 - Other Number |
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