Blouse
Huipil
29-60-6
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 29-60-6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1920 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Huipil made of cotton in three panels. Center panel is green and side panels are yellowish white. Brocading designs of horizontal bands of vertical zigzags and rows of brids and diamonds in red, yellow and green. Selvedge warp stripes in red. See 29-60-4. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp center panel: 21 epi, two singles, Z twist, green cotton. Weft center panel: 26 ppi, two singles, Z twist, green cotton. Warp side panels: 21 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft side panels: 30 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Height | 45 cm |
| Width | 100 cm |
| Credit Line | Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920 |
| Other Number | 193 - Field No SF |
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