Blouse
Huipil
85-2-192
From: Guatemala | Santa Maria Nebaj | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-192 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ixil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Maria Nebaj | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 1920–1979 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil of two panels sewn together in the center. Neck opening appliqued with purple fabric and embroidered. Front and back upper halves are brocaded on white cotton ground. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Two panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 42 cm |
| Width | 66 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 192 - Other Number |
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