Object name: Huipil / Object class: Main garments / Culture or time period: Mesoamerican peoples - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-15639, described as Blue huipil with polychrome zig-zagged embroidery design

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28147, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Blouse Materials: Cotton Technique: Plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground, white designs Dimensions: 18 x 38" Remarks: Bird, lozenge motives. See Fig. 100d Textiles of Highland Guatemala, LMO ]

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29808, described as Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut and hemmed by machine-stitching, joined front and back by machine-stitching, head hole cut out and finished with commercial lace and cloth.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23494, described as Huipil; two-widths; indigo cotton warp face; covered with cotton brocade except for two dotted bands at bottom; colors and design the same as 3-23494; 71.1 x 80 cm width.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28087, described as Blouse material. Cotton. Plain weave, brocaded. Yellow ground, varicolored designs. Zigzag, block motifs 28 inches x 16.5 inches

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-15618, described as White rayon huipil with polychrome embroidery. Information from Mrs. Amanda Hun, a ladina from Guatamala, personal communication 1992 (Margot Schevill); Commercially woven rayon cloth. Purchased at the largest store in Coban, called "Deatz" - owned by a

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30132, described as “Huipil” - used; Maya woman’s blouse/dress on backstrap-loomed woven cotton cloth; cream colored with brocade decoration on front, back, and shoulders; 8 1/2” v-neck slit in center top front; 10” slits/openings on right and left slides for arms (without sleeves); brocade decoration consists of colors in magenta, light blue, dark blue, pink, and green; horizontal, geometric designed band across back and shoulders, with six 5 1/2” x 4 1/2” geometric birds under band; front consists of ten (approx. 4” x 4”) geometric birds in various color patterns; v-neck and back collar is adorned with curvy, zigzag line, as welll as the shoulder slit areas; a 13” x 1/5” stitched magenta line down back center (from top); 8” x 8” x 1/5” stitched magenta line down front center, beneath v-neck; staining throughout, primarily around v-neck collar and front bottom half; stretching of material in a solid band 3/4 way down in front with a few slight holes; uneven length along bottom edge--approx. 1 1/2” longer in parts; 37” x 35” overall

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28814, described as Huipil: White cotton, two piece seamed at center and sides except for neck slot and arm holes. Plain weave with heavy corded effect at shoulder, narrow band of multi-color embroidery around lower edge. Purple silk tassels at ends of neck slot front and back.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29731, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces joined front and back by handsewing. Loom-finished end selvedges; head hole cut out and finished with commercial cloth and trim.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29986, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; three pieces, all end selvages loom-finished; pieces joined by hand-stitching; headhole not cut out. 53 cm x 109 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 two-ply in white, red; 4 two-ply in dark blue, red, green, yellow, and purple. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. The outer lienzos are white with bands of multicolored supp. weft motifs that flank central red-on-red lienzo. Red-on-red lienzo has supp. weft brocading in blue and green vertical zigzags. White lienzos' motifs consist of birds on tobacco plants, stylized starts, pacaya palm leave. Unfinished headhold is square with supp. weft edging on two sides; end of supp. weft are cut and loose on inside. "Daily blouse, if worn as a veil, it becomes ceremonial." (Hun) Center lienzo is similar to a huipil from Tactic, 3-29598.

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