Blouse
Huipil
85-2-334
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Huipil |
Object Number | 85-2-334 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Mam |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Silk |
Description | Uncut huipil. White ground with blue cotton brocading. Naturalistic designs and one band of gold, blue and purple brocading. Thin stripes of twill weave in white sections. A few scattered warp stripes using four singles white cotton. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 34 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 32 ppi, single ply, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, two selvedges. Woven on a treadle loom." |
Length | 155 cm |
Width | 86 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 | 334 - Other Number |
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