Blouse
Huipil
85-2-145
From: Guatemala | Department of Chimaltenango | Santa Cruz Balanya
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-145 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Chimaltenango | Santa Cruz Balanya |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Velvet |
| Description | Red cotton ground, three quarters of garment is supplementary weft embroidery in bands, some gold thread embroidery, neck banded in black velvet. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 56 epi, 2 ply, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 23 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft - single, two faced and double faced. 2 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 68 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 |
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