Huipil, sobre

Museum number:
3-29621
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT-36 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Martín Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Chimaltenango; San Martin Jilotepeque
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Rayon (so called "rayon"), Silk (floss), and Velvet (fabric weave)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1940-1950
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 81 centimeters and length 53 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton threads: singles in dark blue. Suppl. weft in silk floss and cotton. Iconography is geometric horizontal bands. CONTEXT OF USE: Central band called "arco grande" in San Antonio Aguas Calientes. Some other similar designs woven in San Antonio in different colors. Randas at sides and arco grande in purple, green and gold in central band indicate ceremonial use. Head decoration has been taken off. White suppl. weft yarn called "rayon" by the Maya (Arriola de Geng). brocaded bands. see also 3-29620, 3-29623 CONSERVATION: good, although some wear in the suppl. weft
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29621, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.Hearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29621, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.Hearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29621, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.Hearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29621, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.Hearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29621, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.Hearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29621, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.Hearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29621, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.Hearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29621, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.Hearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29621, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.Hearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29621, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.Hearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29621, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.Hearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29621, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29621, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined front, back, underarm seams by randa; warps cut and hemmed. Head hole cut out and slit, hemmed, sleeves bound with velvet.

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