Blouse
Huipil
42-35-216
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Ayampuc | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-216 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Ayampuc | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk | Wool |
| Description | One huipil with one edge longer than the other. White cotton with red-rose-lavender selvedge. Heavily brocaded bands of geometric design. Heavily brocaded conventualized animals. Black, blue, green, red, lavender, rose, orange and yellow cotton. Light green, purple and deep rose silk. Pink wool. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 29 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced and single faced. One panel with four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 130 cm |
| Width | 49.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 130-A - Other Number |
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