Blouse
Huipil
85-2-118M
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | San Pedro Carcha
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-118M |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kekchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | San Pedro Carcha |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | White cotton huipil in three panels sewn together. Diagonal zig-zag weave in gauze. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 16 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft (gauze): 11 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Supplementary weft is two faced. Three panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 92 cm |
| Width | 99 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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