Blouse
Huipil Material
61-10-28
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 61-10-28 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | 3 white areas separated by 2 brocade design panels, each divided into a series of registers, some with small red geometric shapes, other larger animal forms and figures in navy and white background. The two registers alternate. Weft stripes in red and yellow. Brocading in blue, red, yellow and purple cotton and yellow and purple silk. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Plainweave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, two selvedges." |
| Length | 388 cm |
| Width | 43 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Raymond T. Parrot, 1961 |
| Other Number | H1 - Other Number |
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