Blouse
Huipil
85-2-372
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-372 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | White cotton huipil of two panels loosely stitched together. Heavily brocaded in geometric bands, scattered zigzags and flower designs. Neck not open but sides are open. Red selvedges. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 56 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single and two faced, continuous and discontinuous. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 120 cm |
| Width | 121 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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