Blouse
Huipil
66-34-100
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 66-34-100 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Three breadths of cloth, center panel grey-green plain weave embroidered in red, blue and yellow zigzag and diamond design, outer panels white plain weave cloth embroidered in red, green and blue composite geometric forms, three seams chain stitched together with yellow thread. As per Sigrid Meier, "Side panels: Warp - 50 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 40 ppi, singles, Z twist, white cotton. Center Panel: Warp - 34 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, green cotton. Weft - 30 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, green cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 3 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 43 cm |
| Width | 101 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-100 - Other Number |
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