Collector: Miguel Hun / Culture or time period: Maya / Function: 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collector Miguel Hun Culture or time period Maya Function 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30001, described as Backstrap-loomed, plain weave; two faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; end-selvages loom-finished. 46 cm x 68.5 cm Cotton: 2 singles in white; 2 two-ply in white, red, blue, orange, light and dark green, yellow and pink; 6 two-ply in white, yellow, green, dark and light blue, orange, maroon, lavender. Huipil is not sewn together to create a garment. Typical San Pedro Necta style with warps turned sideways for width of garment and the end selvages (wefts) on the top and bottom; this is the only town that has this sideways layout. Iconography consists of geometric motifs and warp strips.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29995, described as Treadle-loomed, twill weave; one piece; both warps and one side (wefts) selvage are cut, to create fringe. 61 cm x 25 cm. Native name and meaning: Perraje/Shawl. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 single in white, blue, and dark blue; 3 singles in red, possibly alizarin. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun, who donated it to the museum in 1991. Overall plaid appearance in "hound's tooth" design; warps and wefts on one side are knotted together and twisted into fringes. Red dye may be alizarin (Schevill). "Observe double-ikat patterning" (Hun). This is not true ikat; the twill weave with blue and white color change give the ikat effect. Iconography consists of diamonds, checker-boarded motifs create plaid.