Blouse
Huipil
42-35-365
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-365 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kekchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Worn by lower class women while working, three pieces no rands, square neck, green cotton embroidered with red, yellow, rose and white cotton and blue silk in stylized plants and flowers, red cotton thread- madder dye [Robert Carlsen 1984]. As per Sigrid Meier, "Side panels: Warp - 36 epi, single, Z twist, green cotton. Weft - 38 ppi, single, Z twist, green cotton. Center Panel: Warp - 30 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, green cotton. Weft - 34 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, green cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 3 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 48 cm |
| Width | 100 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 296 - Other Number |
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