Blouse
Huipil
66-34-96
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Huipil |
Object Number | 66-34-96 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kekchi |
Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | White, plain gauze weave cotton brocaded by inlaid technique. Design motifs of horses with mounted riders and triangular form groupings. Made of three breadths of material. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave, gauze weave bands. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 100 cm |
Width | 80 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
Other Number | A-96 - Other Number |
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