Huipil, fiesta

Museum number:
3-29728
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 250 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces joined front and back by randa. Sides are closed; loom-finished end selvedges. Head hole cut out and and handsewn.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Ildefonso Ixtahuacan, Huehuetenango
Culture or time period:
Mam
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk floss
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 115.5 centimeters and length 54.7 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed cotton singles and two-ply in red, off-white, green, yellow, orange, magenta, blue, pink, light and dark blue. Silk floss in pink. Native name and meaning: Huipil, fiesta- Woman's party blouse CONTEXT OF USE: Around head hole appears geometric embroidery of pink silk floss (predominating) and blue, green, and yellow cotton around and among that. The randa alternates in these colors as well, in addition to having small sections of geometric embroidery on either side. Brocading appears predominantly in center lienzo, done in multi-colored geometric blocks; same designs appear on shoulder area of side panels . Huipil warp is predominantly red and white stripes but there are intermittent colored stripes too. Dating relates to geometric designs at the neck. CONSERVATION: Fair. Selvedges are worn and fraying. Embroidery around headhole is fraying. Tear in side lienzo. Central lienzo has small holes. Shoulder area wearing away.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, fiesta, accession number 3-29728, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces joined front and back by randa. Sides are closed; loom-finished end selvedges. Head hole cut out and and handsewn.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, fiesta, accession number 3-29728, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces joined front and back by randa. Sides are closed; loom-finished end selvedges. Head hole cut out and and handsewn.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, fiesta, accession number 3-29728, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces joined front and back by randa. Sides are closed; loom-finished end selvedges. Head hole cut out and and handsewn.

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