Blouse
Huipil
42-35-221
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Las Flores | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-221 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Las Flores | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | White cotton huipil of two pieces with the center seam sewn but with no randa. Neck not cut. Brocaded in bands of zigzags in dark blue, orange and red cotton and yellow, green, rose and purple silk. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 27 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 120 cm |
| Width | 82 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 140 - Other Number |
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