Blouse

Huipil

85-2-42

From: Guatemala | San Miguel Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan

Curatorial Section: American

View All (3) Object Images

Native Name Huipil
Object Number 85-2-42
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | San Miguel Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Unfinished huipil of two unattatched panels. White cotton ground with the center brocaded.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, single ply, Z twist, white cotton, three strand. Weft: 16 ppi, single ply, Z twist, white cotton, three strand. Warp predominantly plain weave. Two panels, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 131 cm
Width 79 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 42 - Other Number

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.