Blouse
Huipil
85-2-172
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Huipil |
Object Number | 85-2-172 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cakchiquel |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Cotton huipil. Red ground. Supplementary surface red embroidery. Stripes with geometric designs. Two panels sewn together. Slit neck. Armholes bound with tape. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 68 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced and double faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 58 cm |
Width | 75 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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