Blouse
Huipil
42-35-211
From: Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-211 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | White cotton huipil with red selvedge. Two pieces with the center seam sewn but not the sides. Slight randa. Neck not cut. Heavily brocaded in bands of conventionalized animals and geometric figures. Predominantly red with dark green, blue, cerise and lavender cotton and green, purple and deep rose silk. One selvages is yellow, red, blue and magenta. A second selvedge is blue, red and yellow. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges each, back hemmed. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 102 cm |
| Width | 116 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 127 - Other Number |
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