Blouse
Huipil
85-2-79
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-79 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | White cotton huipil woven in two panels joined with simple overcast stitch. Cotton and silk brocading. Blue selvedge on one side, blue, pink, green and red striped selvedge on the other. Osborne tag: "Worn daily- more modern than older ones with animal figures" As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 37 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, three singles, Z twist. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single face and two faced, scattered geometric motifs. Two panels, four selvedges, sides open. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 121 cm |
| Width | 114 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 | 79 - Other Number |
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