Blouse
Huipil
29-60-21
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Senahu Region
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 29-60-21 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Senahu Region |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 1920 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woven in three pieces joined vertically. Sides white made of Indian yarn, middle yellow and black diamonds. Middle embroidery includes zigzags, checks and diamonds. All embroidery foreign yarn. Not worn, sides not sewn and neck not cut. As per Sigrid Meier, "Side panel: Warp - 32 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft - 26 ppi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Center Panel: Warp - 28 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, yellow cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, yellow cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 3 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Height | 50 cm |
| Length | 104 cm |
| Credit Line | Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920 |
| Other Number | 273 - Field No SF |
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