Blouse
Huipil
85-2-118K
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | San Pedro Carcha
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-118K |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kekchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | San Pedro Carcha |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil of white cotton in three panels sewn together. Checkerboard gauze and plain weave. Special technique. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 18 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 13 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave and gauze weave. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 73 cm |
| Width | 82 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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