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Huipil

85-2-146

From: Guatemala | San Martin Jilotepeque | Department of Chimaltenango

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 85-2-146
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | San Martin Jilotepeque | Department of Chimaltenango
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk
Description

Huipil of one panel. White cotton ground with brocading in silk thread. Cotton is black, silk is turquoise and purple.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 117 cm
Width 41 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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