Blouse
Huipil
85-2-91
From: Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-91 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 1930-1939 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil in one panel with white cotton ground and red selvedges. Short. Brocaded flowers, animals and geometric designs in multiple colors. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 50 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Warp red border: 40 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 15 ppi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, three selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 37 cm |
| Width | 72 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 91, Osborne number 2a - Other Number |
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