Blouse

Museum number:
3-29911
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4193
Description:
Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces of cloth joined front, back, and sleeve ends by hand-stitching; one end selvedge loom-finished, other end warps cut and hand-hemmed; birds, V's, and inverted V's, cone-shaped designs; 91.5 cm X 85 cm.
Donor:
Penelope Cooper
Collection place:
Sololá Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Solola; Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Penelope Cooper
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blouses (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-29911, described as Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces of cloth joined front, back, and sleeve ends by hand-stitching; one end selvedge loom-finished, other end warps cut and hand-hemmed; birds, V's, and inverted V's, cone-shaped designs; 91.5 cm X 85 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-29911, described as Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces of cloth joined front, back, and sleeve ends by hand-stitching; one end selvedge loom-finished, other end warps cut and hand-hemmed; birds, V's, and inverted V's, cone-shaped designs; 91.5 cm X 85 cm.

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