Blouse
Huipil
70-13-42
From: Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Almolonga
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 70-13-42 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Almolonga |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton. Narrow red, white, blue-white jaspe stripes. Wide blue center stripe. Brocade in diagonal stripes in blocks of 6 consecutive colors forming diagonal rows of parallelograms on the opposite diagonal. Red-orange, yellow, green, fuschia and white. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Two singles, Z twist, white and blue ikat cotton. Three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 14 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. One panel, three selvedges with fringe at one end. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 60 cm |
| Width | 53 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1970 |
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