Blouse
Huipil
29-60-7
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 29-60-7 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1920 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil of three panels. Center panel is red and side panels are white. Brocading colors are red, white, yellow and green and patterns include horizontal zigzags, rosettes, diamonds and birds. See 29-60-4. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp center panel: 48 epi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Weft center panel: 40 ppi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Warp side panels: 48 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft side panels: 44 ppi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Height | 45 cm |
| Width | 106 cm |
| Credit Line | Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920 |
| Other Number | 194 - Field No SF |
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