Blouse
Huipil
85-2-104
From: Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-104 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil of off-white cotton. Multicolored brocading of stylized animal figures and geomteric borders. One selvedge is striped in purple, red, blue, green and white. Another selvedge is striped in blue. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced except the last border on the back, which is single faced. Two panels, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 140 cm |
| Width | 98 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 104 - Other Number |
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