Blouse
Huipil
85-2-2
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| 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 |
| 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." |
| 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 |
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