Blouse
Huipil
85-2-163
From: Guatemala | Santa Maria De Jesus | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-163 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Maria De Jesus | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Velvet |
| Description | Cofradia. Blue cotton ground. Two panels sewn together. Armhole and neck opening faced with black velvet. Geometric brocading in red, blue and green cotton and several shades of pink and lavender silk. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 27 epi, four singles, Z twist, blue cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist, blue cotton. Warp is predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 63 cm |
| Width | 70 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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