Blouse

Huipil

85-2-30

From: Guatemala | Salcaja | Department of Quezaltenango

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 85-2-30
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guatemala | Salcaja | Department of Quezaltenango
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Iconography Bird
Description

White cotton huipil fragment. Bird designs. Lavender and faded rose brocading. Red striped selvedges.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced spots, two faced birds and border at neckline. One panel, three selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 59 cm
Width 56 cm
Credit Line Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985

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