Blouse
Huipil
85-2-267
From: Guatemala | Santa Catarina Palopo | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-267 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Catarina Palopo | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Uncut cotton huipil woven in three pieces. Center panel red ground with brocaded figures and arrow designs. Side panels white ground with red stripes and scattered geometric designs. One end fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp center panel: 50 epi, two singles, Z twist, red, white and yellow cotton. Weft center panel: 20 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp side panels: 50 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and white cotton. Weft side panels: 20 ppi, two singles, white and red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Three panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 141 cm |
| Width | 76 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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