Blouse
Huipil
42-35-105
From: Guatemala | Department of Totonicapan | San Miguel Totonicapan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 42-35-105 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche | Tlascala |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Totonicapan | San Miguel Totonicapan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Trade piece of indigo cotton in two pieces. The center seam is tacked but not sewn, side seams not sewn. Brocaded bands of cerise, orange, green, light blue, yellow, purple and lavender silk and red cotton. Design of women, stylized plants, chevrons, zigzags and other geometric forms. Red cotton thread- madder dye [Robert Carlsen 1984]. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, single ply, Z twist, one strand indigo cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, single ply, Z twist, two strands indigo cotton. Balanced plain weave. Two panels, two selvedges each." |
| Length | 55 cm |
| Width | 92 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 62-B - Other Number |
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