Huipil, sobre

Museum number:
3-29630
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Alternate number:
Wt 162 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and slip opening bound by commercial cloth. Sleeves hand-stitched edging with cotton thread.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Tecpán Guatemala, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Chimaltenango; Tecpan
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Ixcaco, and Silk floss (floss)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 127 centimeters and length 61 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton single: red, blue, white and ixcaco (tan). Suppl. weft brocading in cotton 4-ply red, and silk floss (many colors). Geometric and animal iconography. CONTEXT OF USE: Head hole binding cloth same as cloth women used in their hair-listones. Green listones used in 1940s-1950. (Arriola de Geng). See also 3-29625 CONSERVATION: good, worn around neck opening;
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29630, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and slip opening bound by commercial cloth. Sleeves hand-stitched edging with cotton thread.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29630, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and slip opening bound by commercial cloth. Sleeves hand-stitched edging with cotton thread.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29630, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and slip opening bound by commercial cloth. Sleeves hand-stitched edging with cotton thread.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29630, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and slip opening bound by commercial cloth. Sleeves hand-stitched edging with cotton thread.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29630, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and slip opening bound by commercial cloth. Sleeves hand-stitched edging with cotton thread.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29630, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and slip opening bound by commercial cloth. Sleeves hand-stitched edging with cotton thread.

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