Blouse
Huipil
66-34-102
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Senahu
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 66-34-102 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kekchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Senahu |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | White cotton gauze like weave with bands of open work, stylized birds animals and composite geometric forms interspaced between bands of openwork, navy cotton thread, three breadths of cloth. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Basket weave alternating with bands of gauze weave. Supplemental weft: two faced. 3 panels: central panel - 4 selvedges, side panels - 3 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 80 cm |
| Width | 100 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-102 - Other Number |
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