Blouse
Huipil
85-2-272
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Palopo | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-272 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Palopo | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil of red cotton in three panels. Two side panels have white and green stripes. The center panel has a few green stripes. Rolled neck edge. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp central panel: 56 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton plus yellow and two ply green cotton. Weft central panel: 28 ppi, two singles, Z twist. Warp side panels: 56 epi, two singles, Z twist, white and red cotton, two ply green cotton. Weft side panels: 26 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red and white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Three panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 66 cm |
| Width | 73 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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