Blouse
Huipil
66-34-53
From: Guatemala | Solola | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 66-34-53 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Solola | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | ca. 1936 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Red, green, yellow and white, plaid, plain weave cloth. Predominately white, green and yellow stripes run vertically. Three breadths of material joined by silk randas (magenta, yellow, purple, and green). Elaborate embroidery and silk applique around neck (pink silk cloth, purple, yellow and green zig-zag). As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp 54 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and green cotton. Single, Z twist, yellow and white cotton. Weft: 30 ppi, four singles, Z twist, red gren and yellow cotton. Single, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced predominantly. Three panels, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 74 cm |
| Width | 140 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-53 - Other Number |
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