Blouse
Huipil
91-36-12
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 91-36-12 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Technique | Unfinished |
| Iconography | Birds | Flowers |
| Description | Unfinished. White cotton ground with horizontal rows of birds, flowers, plants and geometric motifs in dark blue cotton with diamond shaped accents in pink, yellow, and green silk. Red cotton stripes weft brocadings. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi two singles Z-twist white cotton. Weft: 28 ppi two singles Z-twist in red and white cotton (in pattern part). Plain weave, warp-predominant. Supplementary weft: two-faced. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 142 cm |
| Width | 55 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Clifford Lewis III, 1991 |
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