Object name: Huipil / Object class: Natural element motifs / Collection place: Totonicapán Department, Guatemala - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29956, described as Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; warps cut; no head hole cut out. 86.5 cm x 87.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: singles in black; 2 singles white, dark blue, dark green; 3 singles orange; 3 two-ply orange, purple, light dark pink, yellow, red, light and dark green, light blue; 6 two-ply pink, green, yellow, purple, orange, space-dyed (ombre); metallic singles. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. This treadle-loomed huipil has not been finished, as not head hole has been cut out, the sides open, the ends left loose. Metallic yarn acts are separators between bands of geometric motifs; upper half is supp. weft brocaded, while bottom half is black and white warp and weft; creating a "gray" appearance in color. Geometric, animals, butterflies, and snowflake iconography.