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Huipil

42-35-155

From: Guatemala | Mixco | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 42-35-155
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pocomam
Provenience Guatemala | Mixco | Department of Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk
Description

White, cotton huipil in one panel. Upper section has dark blue and white weft stripes. Brocaded in band of zigzag designs in blue-black, brown, red, cerise and yellow cotton and green and purple silk.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 130 cm
Width 48 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 92 - Other Number

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