Blouse
Huipil
85-2-90
From: Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-90 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil of one panel. White ground with red borders. Brocading in designs of geometrics, animals and spots in lavender, red, yellow and green. Inside neck opening is bound with white tape. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 59 epi, three singles, Z twist, white and red cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, three selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 37 cm |
| Width | 74 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 | 90 - Other Number |
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