Blouse
Huipil
91-36-26.1
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 91-36-26.1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Two unsewn huipil panels, each has four selvedges. One of the selvedges on each panel is sewn into a 3" hem. Warp stripes are predominantly red with purple, white, green, yellow. One wide border with two rows of animals and zig-zag. Red, purple, yellow, green cotton and purple, turquoise silk weft brocading. As per Sigrid Meier 1997, "Warp: 66 epi three singles Z-twist cotton multi-colors. Weft; 8 ppi three singles Z-twist white cotton. Plain weave, warp-faced. Supplementary weft: two-faced." |
| Length | 114 cm |
| Width | 57 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Clifford Lewis III, 1991 |
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