Blouse
Huipil
42-35-418
From: Guatemala | Todos Santos Cuchumatan | Department of Huehuetenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-418 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Todos Santos Cuchumatan | Department of Huehuetenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | White cotton with red and green compound stripes, three pieces without randa, round neck with appliqued red braid, upper sides embroidered with broad and narrow red cross stripes forming a plaid, small quadrangles of blue, orange and cerise, upper center front and back heavily embroidered in red with pin stripes and small yellow and blue quadrangles, red cotton thread-madder dye [Robert Carlsen 1984]. As per Sigird Meier, "Warp: 64 epi, single ply white, Z twist and 2 single - red, yellow and green, Z twist cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, single ply, Z twist, white cotton. Warp: plain weave. Supplemental weft: single faced. 3 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 87 cm |
| Width | 100 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 346 - Other Number |
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