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Huipil

85-2-118O

From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 85-2-118O
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kekchi
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

White cotton, leno weave, brocaded with figures and trees, three panels sewn together.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 3 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom."

Length 96 cm
Width 103 cm
Credit Line Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985
Other Number 118O - Other Number

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