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Huipil

91-36-22

From: Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 91-36-22
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Date Made 1930-1941 CE
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

One panel with four selvedges. Tan color ground with dark blue, red, yellow, purple, green, grey, and tan weft brocade of geometric patterns.

As per Sigrid Meier 1997, "Warp: 26 epi four singles Z-twist tan cotton. Weft: 14 ppi three singles Z-twist tan cotton. Plain weave, warp-predominant. Supplementary weft: two-faced. Made on a backstrap loom."

Length 76 cm
Width 38 cm
Credit Line Gift of Clifford Lewis III, 1991

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