Blouse
Huipil
42-35-312
From: Guatemala | San Andres Semetabaj | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-312 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Andres Semetabaj | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil for a woman of middle class in two pieces without randa. Neck cut out and hemmed. Red with compound stripes of yellow, green and white. Conventionalized figures in blue-black, yellow and green on red stripes. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 68 epi, two singles, Z twist, red yellow green and white cotton. Weft: 14 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced. Supplementary weft is single faced. Two panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 81.28 cm |
| Width | 78.74 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 240 - Other Number |
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