Blouse
Huipil
85-2-190A
From: Guatemala | San Juan Cotzal | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-190A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ixil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Cotzal | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cofradia, white cotton ground, center panel, neck opening bound with red cotton fabric, brocaded stylized animals, one of two pieces. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 60 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 1 panel - 4 selvedegs. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 178 cm |
| Width | 47 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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