Blouse
Huipil
42-35-189
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-189 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil of one piece. White ground with widely spaced purple stripes. Three rows of dogs on front and back. Brocadeded in red, yellow and purple cotton. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 37 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 122 cm |
| Width | 50 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 115 - Other Number |
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