Huipil, cofradía

Museum number:
3-29690
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 258 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, warp faced plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined with randa at front, back, and sides and hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished, three are hemmed. Head hole slit opening.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Zacualpa, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Zacualpa
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk 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:
length 81 centimeters and width 77.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed of cotton thread: 2 singles predominantly red, with light blue, dark blue, yellow; grey silk. CONTEXT OF USE: Weaver's mark may be embroidered white motif. Older style. See also 3-29689 CONSERVATION: Good. Suppl. weft fringe shows wear.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29690, described as Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, warp faced plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined with randa at front, back, and sides and hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished, three are hemmed. Head hole slit opening.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29690, described as Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, warp faced plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined with randa at front, back, and sides and hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished, three are hemmed. Head hole slit opening.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29690, described as Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, warp faced plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined with randa at front, back, and sides and hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished, three are hemmed. Head hole slit opening.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29690, described as Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, warp faced plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined with randa at front, back, and sides and hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished, three are hemmed. Head hole slit opening.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29690, described as Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, warp faced plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined with randa at front, back, and sides and hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished, three are hemmed. Head hole slit opening.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29690, described as Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, warp faced plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined with randa at front, back, and sides and hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished, three are hemmed. Head hole slit opening.

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