Object name: Huipil / Collection place: Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala / Year collected: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29963, described as huipile, ceremonial, Quezaltenango

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29990, described as Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave; two faced support weft brocading; three pieces joined by machine stitching; warps cut; machine hemmed; hand stitching smocking; head hold cut out and finished with embroidery; arm holes finished with commercial velveteen; embroidery at neckline and front and back seams. 63.5 cm x 80 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Woman's blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: singles in white; 2 singles in white; 1 two-ply in black/white jaspe. Acrylic: 1 two-ply in multicolored embroidering in cotton (lustrina): two-ply multicolored. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the Museum in 1991. This colorful, busy huipil has horizontal bands of multicolored wefts with support weft brocading; other bands are jaspe; Embroidery drops off vertically from shoulder-line in multicolored floral designs. Bottom half has a band of black/red wefts stripes just under the support weft embroidered upper half, then plain white cotton to the bottom edge. Blue velveteen commercial cloth-trims the armholes; Neckline has a squared area within which animal designs and floral motifs are embroidered. Smocking created with multicolored acrylic yarns on both sides, front and back, halfway between armhole and neckline. One front side has been partially loosened. This style of huipil is very popular. (Schevill).