Blouse
Huipil
29-60-8
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 29-60-8 |
| 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 | Center panel is red and side panels are yellowish white. Brocading of horizontal bands of zigzags, diamonds and birds are done in red, white, yellow and green. Neck hole not cut out and sides not sewn up. Unworn. See 29-60-4. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp central panel: 24 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft central panel: 22 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp side panels: 25 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft side panels: 22 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Height | 46 cm |
| Width | 93 cm |
| Credit Line | Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920 |
| Other Number | 195 - Field No SF |
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