Huipil, sobre

Museum number:
3-29712
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 6 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil, sobre cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, warps are cut and hand-sewn, head hole cut out and finished with silk floss.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; San Pedro Sacatepequez
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1930s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 60 centimeters and width 112 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed. Cotton: 3 singles white, 2 singles red and 1 two-ply purple. Supplementary weft is cotton: 12 singles red and 2 two-ply purple. Native name and meaning: CONTEXT OF USE: Sobre huipil, Cofrádia huipil-- Woman's ceremonial blouse CONSERVATION: Heavily worn and stained.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29712, described as Huipil, sobre cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, warps are cut and hand-sewn, head hole cut out and finished with silk floss.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29712, described as Huipil, sobre cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, warps are cut and hand-sewn, head hole cut out and finished with silk floss.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29712, described as Huipil, sobre cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, warps are cut and hand-sewn, head hole cut out and finished with silk floss.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29712, described as Huipil, sobre cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, warps are cut and hand-sewn, head hole cut out and finished with silk floss.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29712, described as Huipil, sobre cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, warps are cut and hand-sewn, head hole cut out and finished with silk floss.

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