Blouse
Huipil
91-36-25
From: Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 91-36-25 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Two panels, each with four selvedges. Brown cotton ground with white stripes at each end. Multicoloured weft brocaded stripes and two borders of animal motifs in red, magenta, blue, dark blue, white, yellow, turquoise. As per Sigrid Meier (1997), "Warp: 38 epi single Z-twist natural brown cotton. Weft: 30 ppi single Z-twist natural brown cotton. Plain weave. Supplementary weft: two-faced." |
| Length | 117 cm |
| Width | 125 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Clifford Lewis III, 1991 |
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