Blouse
Huipil
| Native Name | Huipil |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-61 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala San Juan Sacatepequez Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Length: | 129 cm |
| Width: | 110 cm |
| 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: | 61 - Other Number |
Description
Huipil of two panels in red, yellow, lavender and brown striped cotton. Shoulders brocaded. Seamed at the sides. No neck opening. Silk, Tag reads, "The most common of the six varieties of huipiles in this town."
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 56 epi, three singles, Z twist, yellow and red cotton, purple is two ply, ocher is two singles and handspun. Weft: 18 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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