Blouse
Huipil
85-2-318A
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Huipil |
Object Number | 85-2-318A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Mam |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Cotton huipil, unmade, one panel of two. White ground with purple and red brocading. Fringed. Tag reads, "--best quality [woven by Hicolash Jurizon]." As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 23 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, two selvedges, one looped fringe at one end. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 160 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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