Huipil

Museum number:
3-29957
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029957
Accession number:
Acc.4497
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominate plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos joined with hand-stitching, end selvages loom-finished, slit head hole. 62 cm x 70 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 3 singles red; 1 two-ply, red; 4 two-ply multicolored. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. Done in characteristic San Antonio style with horizontal bands of supp. weft brocading, separated by narrow bands called "pepenado"; the motifs are known as "arco", "banderas", "jaspe", "pie de chucho", "ojos" and "moscas" (Schevill). One side is open, head hole is a slit. Lower area has white "moscas" on a solid red background on one side only.
Donor:
Brian Tapp
Collection place:
San Antonio Aguas Calientes, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Collector:
Brian Tapp
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1993-1994 #4: Blackhawk Museums (August 31, 1993–March 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29957, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominate plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos joined with hand-stitching, end selvages loom-finished, slit head hole. 62 cm x 70 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 3 singles red; 1 two-ply, red; 4 two-ply multicolored. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. Done in characteristic San Antonio style with horizontal bands of supp. weft brocading, separated by narrow bands called "pepenado"; the motifs are known as "arco", "banderas", "jaspe", "pie de chucho", "ojos" and "moscas" (Schevill). One side is open, head hole is a slit. Lower area has white "moscas" on a solid red background on one side only.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29957, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominate plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos joined with hand-stitching, end selvages loom-finished, slit head hole. 62 cm x 70 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 3 singles red; 1 two-ply, red; 4 two-ply multicolored. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. Done in characteristic San Antonio style with horizontal bands of supp. weft brocading, separated by narrow bands called "pepenado"; the motifs are known as "arco", "banderas", "jaspe", "pie de chucho", "ojos" and "moscas" (Schevill). One side is open, head hole is a slit. Lower area has white "moscas" on a solid red background on one side only.

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