Saint's huipil

Museum number:
3-32172
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
ACW Guatemala #16 (previous number, Margot Schevill checklist number)
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Description:
Three central stripes simulate a two panel huipil. Brocaded with geometric patterns in purple pink red yellow and blue colors. The round neckline and the saints armholes are cut out and embroidered with multi colored threads. At the bottom the weaver embroidered the legend "como un recuerdo" as a remembrance. All the colors are chemical dyes.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Sacatepequez Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection date:
2012-2014
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
March 6, 2017
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
whole— width 21.2 centimeters, whole— depth 0.5 centimeters, and whole— length 21.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Saint's huipil, accession number 3-32172, described as Three central stripes simulate a two panel huipil. Brocaded with geometric patterns in purple pink red yellow and blue colors. The round neckline and the saints armholes are cut out and embroidered with multi colored threads. At the bottom the weaver embroidered the legend "como un recuerdo" as a remembrance. All the colors are chemical dyes.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Saint's huipil, accession number 3-32172, described as Three central stripes simulate a two panel huipil. Brocaded with geometric patterns in purple pink red yellow and blue colors. The round neckline and the saints armholes are cut out and embroidered with multi colored threads. At the bottom the weaver embroidered the legend "como un recuerdo" as a remembrance. All the colors are chemical dyes.

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