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Huipil

85-2-105

From: Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Huipil
Object Number 85-2-105
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 two panels with a simple embroidered randa. The top half is heavily brocaded and it has a rolled neck. One selvedge is red and one is blue.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, four singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges."

Length 137 cm
Width 88 cm
Credit Line Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985
Other Number 105 - Other Number

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