Blouse
Huipil
29-60-5
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 29-60-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1920 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil made of cotton in three panels. Center panel is red cotton and side panels are white cotton. Brocading designs of zigzags, birds, trees, diamonds and stylized flowers in red wool and white, yellow, green and red cotton. Side panels have white accent stripes. Almost a duplicate of 29-60-4. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp center panel: 46 epi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Weft center panel: 50 ppi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Warp side panels: 44 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft side panels: 44 ppi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Height | 48 cm |
| Width | 101 cm |
| Credit Line | Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920 |
| Other Number | 192 - Field No SF |
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