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Huipil

42-35-212

From: Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 42-35-212
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Huipil of one piece on a white cotton ground. Heavily brocaded in predominantly red bands with zigzags of purple, yellow and dark blue.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 21 ppi, singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 115 cm
Width 45 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 129-B - Other Number

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