Blouse
Huipil
42-35-316
From: Guatemala | San Lucas Toliman | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-316 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tzutujil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Lucas Toliman | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Huipil for woman of middle classs. White cotton with rows of brocaded conventional figures in red, orange, green and dark blue cotton. Two pieces without randa. Neck cut out and hemmed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 50 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, two singles. Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced and warp wrapping. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 82 cm |
| Width | 79 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 245 - Other Number |
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