Huipil

Museum number:
3-29787
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, handsewn together, sides sewn closed,all selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch and commercial cloth, zipper at left of head hole on shoulder.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Santa Maria de Jesus, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Sacatepequez; Santa Maria de Jesus
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
b)— length 37 centimeters and b)— width 9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29787, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, handsewn together, sides sewn closed,all selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch and commercial cloth, zipper at left of head hole on shoulder.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29787, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, handsewn together, sides sewn closed,all selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch and commercial cloth, zipper at left of head hole on shoulder.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29787, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, handsewn together, sides sewn closed,all selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch and commercial cloth, zipper at left of head hole on shoulder.

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