Blouse
Huipil
85-2-216
From: Guatemala | Colotenango | Department of Huehuetenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-216 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Colotenango | Department of Huehuetenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Iconography | Geometric Pattern |
| Description | Huipil with three panels of red and white striped cotton. Geometric motifs brocaded in red, yellow, green and orange. Neck opening embroidered in red and green. Some scattered, brocaded motifs close to the sides. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 72 epi, single, Z twist, red and white cotton, two singles orange cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 58 cm |
| Width | 128 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 | 252 - Other Number |
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