Blouse
Huipil
42-35-164
From: Guatemala | Mixco | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-164 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Mixco | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Unmade child's huipil. One piece of dark blue cotton with yellow selvedge and yellow central stripes imitating selvedge. Brocaded with red, orange, light green, lavender and white cotton with yellow and blue silk in dashes and bands of zigzags. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 24 epi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 81 cm |
| Width | 52 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 93-B - Other Number |
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