Blouse
Huipil
| Native Name | Huipil |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-2 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Quiche |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Quezaltenango Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Technique: | Embroidered |
| Length: | 98 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Width: | 105 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| 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: | 2 - Other Number |
Description
Three panel white cotton with supplementary weft embroidery on upper half, stylized tree and geometric motifs in purple and yellow silk, randas embroidered in magenta, pink and lavender silk.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 50 single ply, Z-twist, 2 strands, white cotton. Weft: 18, single ply, Z-twist, 3 strands, white cotton. Warp predominent, plain weave. 3 panels, 2 selvedges."
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Silent Language of Guatemalan Textiles (1985 - 1986) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| MAYA 2012: Lords of Time (05 May 2012 - 13 Jan 2013) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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