Blouse
Huipil
85-2-146
From: Guatemala | San Martin Jilotepeque | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Huipil |
Object Number | 85-2-146 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cakchiquel |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Martin Jilotepeque | Department of Chimaltenango |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Silk |
Description | Huipil of one panel. White cotton ground with brocading in silk thread. Cotton is black, silk is turquoise and purple. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 117 cm |
Width | 41 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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