Huipil, sobre

Museum number:
3-29609
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Alternate number:
WT 29 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined at front, back, side seams. All end selvedges loom-finished; head hole slit opening.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Comalapa, Chimaltenango
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Ixcaco (ixcacao cotton), Silk floss (floss), and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1940s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 64 centimeters and width 70.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton threads, singles ixcaco. Suppl. weft with cotton, wool, and silk floss CONTEXT OF USE: Front and back have different chest designs; one side geometric squares and parallelograms; other side geometric with floral designs. Three rows of white wefts at bottom of one side, two groups of three rows of white wefts on other side. Patches on both sides of chest area near arm opening of back-loomed cloth. Dating relates to use of geometric motifs and simple floral designs (Arriola de Geng). CONSERVATION: Creya area good.; suppl. weft very worn.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29609, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined at front, back, side seams. All end selvedges loom-finished; head hole slit opening.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29609, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined at front, back, side seams. All end selvedges loom-finished; head hole slit opening.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29609, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined at front, back, side seams. All end selvedges loom-finished; head hole slit opening.

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