Blouse
Ceremonial Huipil
85-2-241
From: Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Ildefonso Ixtahuacan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-241 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Ildefonso Ixtahuacan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Ceremonial cotton huipil for cofradia. Three panels with cotton and silk embroidery joined with embroidered randa. Brocading primarily in red with magenta, aqua, yellow and purple. Neck opening embroidered in purple and orange silk. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 96 epi, single, Z twist, white yellow and red cotton. Weft: 32 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced with embroidery. Three panels, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 61 cm |
| Width | 109 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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