Object class: Textile samples / Collection place: Guatemala Department, Guatemala / Loans: S1993-1994 #4: Blackhawk Museums (August 31, 1993–March 16, 1994) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Textile samples Collection place Guatemala Department, Guatemala Loans S1993-1994 #4: Blackhawk Museums (August 31, 1993–March 16, 1994)

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29983, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; end selvages loom-finished; commercial tape ties 10" long at top; tape is hand-stitched on sides and along bottom. 73.5 cm x 49.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Delantal de Santo/Saint's Apron. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 8 singles and 1 two-ply in yellow. Cotton: 12 singles in red, yellow; Sedalina: 4 two-ply in lavender, green, red, dark blue; 8 two-ply yellow; silk floss in magenta and purple. Contest of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. There is a variety of supp weft yarns including silk, sedalina, and cotton. Faded blue commercial bias tape is hand-stitched down with blue yarn on sides and bottom; weaver probably embroidered these words in cursive, "Clemente Suburjuz, 9 de Febrero de 1949 o 1950" across two bottom zones of yellow background. Yellow color looks similar to one Arriola de Geng identified as "old." Hun wrote: "It was aquired in 1981-1982. I used to call is "El Engano (The Deceit) because Flor from the Ixchel Museum told me it was recently made. As I recall it has silk mixed with cotton in its brocade. It makes me think that the aprin was in fact authentic, because of the silk itself. The apron comes from the San Juan and San Pedro Sacatepequez area which makes it of Kakchikel origin. As you well know, aprons are used to cover the saint's sculpture in the cofradia. 1st row: stars--Venus. 2nd row: peacocks, 3rd row: probably worms typical of the area, 4th row: turkeys, chompipes, 5th row: horses, caballos, 6th row: hens or roosters, gallinas or gallos.