Huipil, cofradía

Museum number:
3-30009
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4464
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; three lienzos joined by machine-stitching; head hole not cut out and sides left open; ends loom finished. 132 cm x 72 cm. Cotton: 2 and 4 singles in brown. Cotton floss (sedalina?) : 2-ply in white, green, brick and royal blue. Ceremonial huipil from Tecpan. Hand spun brown cotton thread. Weaver was Isabel Quitz who made it for sale to local women Fall 1989. Iconography consists of birds and geometric designs.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Tecpan, Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Linda Green
Collection date:
1990
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-30009, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; three lienzos joined by machine-stitching; head hole not cut out and sides left open; ends loom finished. 132 cm x 72 cm. Cotton: 2 and 4 singles in brown. Cotton floss (sedalina?) : 2-ply in white, green, brick and royal blue. Ceremonial huipil from Tecpan. Hand spun brown cotton thread. Weaver was Isabel Quitz who made it for sale to local women Fall 1989. Iconography consists of birds and geometric designs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-30009, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; three lienzos joined by machine-stitching; head hole not cut out and sides left open; ends loom finished. 132 cm x 72 cm. Cotton: 2 and 4 singles in brown. Cotton floss (sedalina?) : 2-ply in white, green, brick and royal blue. Ceremonial huipil from Tecpan. Hand spun brown cotton thread. Weaver was Isabel Quitz who made it for sale to local women Fall 1989. Iconography consists of birds and geometric designs.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-30009, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; three lienzos joined by machine-stitching; head hole not cut out and sides left open; ends loom finished. 132 cm x 72 cm. Cotton: 2 and 4 singles in brown. Cotton floss (sedalina?) : 2-ply in white, green, brick and royal blue. Ceremonial huipil from Tecpan. Hand spun brown cotton thread. Weaver was Isabel Quitz who made it for sale to local women Fall 1989. Iconography consists of birds and geometric designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-30009, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; three lienzos joined by machine-stitching; head hole not cut out and sides left open; ends loom finished. 132 cm x 72 cm. Cotton: 2 and 4 singles in brown. Cotton floss (sedalina?) : 2-ply in white, green, brick and royal blue. Ceremonial huipil from Tecpan. Hand spun brown cotton thread. Weaver was Isabel Quitz who made it for sale to local women Fall 1989. Iconography consists of birds and geometric designs.

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