Blouse
Huipil
85-2-147
From: Guatemala | San Martin Jilotepeque | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-147 |
| 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 and some silk thread. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 46 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 117 cm |
| Width | 46 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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