Blouse
Huipil
42-35-272
From: Guatemala | Patzun | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-272 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Patzun | Department of Chimaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Red cotton with compound brown, white, yellow and green stripe, two pieces with slight randa, neck bound with green braid, half disc of green braid with coil embroidery of rose, purple, white and green silk below neck both front and back. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 44 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, natural brown cotton. Warp faced plain weave. No supplemental weft. 2 panels - 4 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 62 cm |
| Width | 111 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 195-A - Other Number |
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