Blouse
Huipil
85-2-249
From: Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Juan Atitan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-249 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Juan Atitan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cofradia, white cotton with cardinal stripes having thin stripes of emerald an carrot. Woven in three panels and sewn with cardinal and indigo cotton in zig zag design. Supplementary weft brocading at shoulders in cardinal. Thin stripe in emerald and orange. Geometric designs scattered in a band in cardinal accented ai emerald and spectrum violet. Cuffs bordered with indigo buttonhole stitch. Indigo accent stitch around neck. Primarily cardinal short band below neck in geometric design. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 46 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced and two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 97 cm |
| Width | 114 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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