Blouse
Huipil
42-35-190
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-190 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 20th century |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Iconography | Animal | Eagle |
| Description | Woven cotton and silk huipil (blouse) of red ground with red, yellow and lavender stripes. Made of two pieces with randa, elaborate shoulder band of stylized animals and double headed eagles in lavender cotton and yellow white deep rose green and purple silk, purple silk thread- purpura dye, red cotton thread- madder dye [Robert Carlsen 1984]. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 116 - Other Number |
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