Blouse
Huipil
85-2-107
From: Guatemala | Mixco | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-107 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Mixco | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 1895 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Sequins |
| Description | Old Cofradia with murex embriodered background. White ground with white-on-white onlay striping. Top half embroidered in cotton thread. Colors are primarily heliotrope in cross and satin stitches. Design motif mostly soft geometric curves and other designs include female figures and flowers. Other colors are cherry, spectrum violet, ultramarine and cardinal. Small metal paillettes sewn into the design. Small cotton lace collar in white with some heliotrpoe embroidery. Sleeves have similar cuffs. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp center panel: 46 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft center panel: 42 ppi, single and two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp side panels: 32 epi, two ply, white cotton. Weft side panels: 30 ppi, two ply, white cotton. Three panels." |
| Length | 77 cm |
| Width | 112 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 107 - Other Number |
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