Blouse
Huipil
| Native Name | Huipil |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-267 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Santa Catarina Palopo Department of Solola |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 141 cm |
| Width: | 76 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
Description
Uncut cotton huipil woven in three pieces. Center panel red ground with brocaded figures and arrow designs. Side panels white ground with red stripes and scattered geometric designs. One end fringed.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp center panel: 50 epi, two singles, Z twist, red, white and yellow cotton. Weft center panel: 20 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp side panels: 50 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and white cotton. Weft side panels: 20 ppi, two singles, white and red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Three panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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