Huipil

Museum number:
3-32170
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Alternate number:
ACW Guatemala #14 (previous number, Margot Schevill checklist number)
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Description:
Huipil Cotton back-strap loomed, two piece huipil, shows lots of color bleeding in the supplementary weft. White base cloth with heavy single sided supplementary weft with diamonds covering the majority of the huipil. Shoulder brocading includes diamonds and triangles. The square cut out neck embroidered with heavy purple cotton thread. The central seam appears to have either been sewn together or repaired with machine stitching (no randa).
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Pedro Sacatepequez
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection date:
2005
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— width 81 centimeters, Whole— depth 0.5 centimeters, and Whole— length 54 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32170, described as Huipil Cotton back-strap loomed, two piece huipil, shows lots of color bleeding in the supplementary weft. White base cloth with heavy single sided supplementary weft with diamonds covering the majority of the huipil. Shoulder brocading includes diamonds and triangles. The square cut out neck embroidered with heavy purple cotton thread. The central seam appears to have either been sewn together or repaired with machine stitching (no randa).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32170, described as Huipil Cotton back-strap loomed, two piece huipil, shows lots of color bleeding in the supplementary weft. White base cloth with heavy single sided supplementary weft with diamonds covering the majority of the huipil. Shoulder brocading includes diamonds and triangles. The square cut out neck embroidered with heavy purple cotton thread. The central seam appears to have either been sewn together or repaired with machine stitching (no randa).

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