Blouse
Huipil
85-2-139
From: Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-139 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk | Wool |
| Description | Huipil of two panels sewn together. White ground on bottom quarter, rest of garment brocaded in bands and stripes with two stripes made of a heavier, white cotton. Uses silk and wool thread. The top quarter of the garment is woven with red weft. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 38 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 58 cm |
| Width | 104 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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