Blouse
Huipil
85-2-113
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban (uncertain) | San Pedro Carcha (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Huipil |
Object Number | 85-2-113 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kekchi |
Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban (uncertain) | San Pedro Carcha (uncertain) |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Technique | Embroidered |
Description | Unmade huipil of white cotton gauze in three panels. Alternating mesh and supplementary weft brocadeing in white on white. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 18 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 85 cm |
Width | 97 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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