Blouse
Huipil
91-36-9
From: Guatemala | San Juan Cotzal | Department of El Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 91-36-9 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Cotzal | Department of El Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Center panel only; 3 selvedges. Weft-faced plain weave in red and white with weft brocade of zig-zag and chevron designs in horizontal stripes. Neck is appliqued with red cotton fabric and embroidered with yellow and orange silk. As per Sigrid Meier (1997), "Warp: 11 epi two single Z-twist white cotton. Weft: 46 ppi two single Z-twist in red, white, green, yellow cotton. Supplementary weft: two-faced in red, green, yellow cotton and purple, green, white, orange silk. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 76 cm |
| Width | 54 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Clifford Lewis III, 1991 |
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