Blouse
Huipil
83-22-1
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 83-22-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk (uncertain) |
| Description | Three cloth panels, machine stitched together along lengths. Outer edges of piece machine stitched partway to form armholes; neckhole cut into central panel. Neckhole bound on interior with white fabric. Blue cloth with green border; heavily embroidered with red, blue, purple, green, pink, yellow yarns. Central panel with vertical zig zag design; flanking panels with broad horizontal bands of circle, herringbone, and triangle motifs. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, 2 single, Z twist, blue cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, blue cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft: two faced. 3 panels - 4 selvedges each (frayed). Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 37 cm |
| Width | 99 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Danien, 1983 |
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