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Huipil

85-2-118J

From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban

Curatorial Section: American

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

White cotton huipil in three panels sewn together. Lace technique with diagonal brocaded stripes on gauze weave ground.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 20 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Two inch plain weave section at one end of each panel. Rest of fabric is gauze weave ground. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 94 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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