Huipil

Museum number:
3-32157
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Alternate number:
ACW Guatemala #1 (previous number, Margot Schevill checklist number)
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Description:
Huipil: Two piece back-strap loom woven cotton huipil with pink warp and ground cloth. Single sided supplementary weft of black diamonds with multicolored centers, white stripes and a thick band of light blue and multiple other color designs across the chest. Neckband is cutout, interfaced with commercial cloth and sewn. There are thick, embroidered ovals of green and blue embroidery floss around the neckline.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
market, Santiago Atitlan? Guatemala
Production place:
San Lucas Tolimán, Sololá, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection date:
2009
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
March 6, 2017
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
whole— length 108 centimeters, whole— depth 2 centimeters, and whole— width 71.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32157, described as Huipil: Two piece back-strap loom woven cotton huipil with pink warp and ground cloth. Single sided supplementary weft of black diamonds with multicolored centers, white stripes and a thick band of light blue and multiple other color designs across the chest. Neckband is cutout, interfaced with commercial cloth and sewn. There are thick, embroidered ovals of green and blue embroidery floss around the neckline.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32157, described as Huipil: Two piece back-strap loom woven cotton huipil with pink warp and ground cloth. Single sided supplementary weft of black diamonds with multicolored centers, white stripes and a thick band of light blue and multiple other color designs across the chest. Neckband is cutout, interfaced with commercial cloth and sewn. There are thick, embroidered ovals of green and blue embroidery floss around the neckline.

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