Blouse
Huipil
70-13-98
From: Guatemala | San Miguel Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 70-13-98 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Miguel Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Two breadths. Heavily brocaded overall zigzag motif bound by five rows of red and turquoise circles and a series of alternating stripes. Multicolored: deep pink, red, blue, green, orange, blue-white, and yellow on a black background. Called "psychedelic" by the people who make them. A new style, old forms disappearing. Made on a big foot loom at Totonicapan. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 33 epi, single ply, Z twist, black cotton. Weft: 30 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One strip of two panels. Woven on a treadle loom." |
| Length | 190 cm |
| Width | 88 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1970 |
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