Collection place: Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala / Collector: Virginia Wickenden / Culture or time period: Mesoamerican peoples - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala Collector Virginia Wickenden Culture or time period Mesoamerican peoples

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23465, described as Huipil; three-width cotton; red and green weft striped in gauze weave; two bands of white plain weave on bottom; 44.5 cm x 94 cm width.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23463, described as Huipil; factory-made white lawn; varicolored silk embroidery around neck; main color black with black silk applique in scallops and "sun" pattern at edges; 55.8 x 95.2 cm. Imagery at neck referred to as "snails". Treadle-loomed cloth, produced by one family in town, by the name of "Chocooj." "Cofrade" - used for festivals. Silk neckpiece and floss purchased from Chinese in town (no intermarriage). Similar story as for 1-15618: cloth purchased from largest store in Coban, called "Deatz", owned by a German family. Only women married to Germans could afford this cloth. Applique work at neck was done freehand, without the use of pattern pieces.