Blouse
Huipil
85-2-171
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-171 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Unfinished cotton huipil. Red ground heavily brocaded in geometric designs of purple, green, blue, yellow, white and red. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 27 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Two panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 115 cm |
| Width | 72 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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