Huipil

Museum number:
3-29744
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Alternate number:
WT 54 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil: Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave with two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece; warps cut and machine-hemmed. Head hole cut out, bound with commercial cloth.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Pedro Sacatepequez, San Marcos
Culture or time period:
Mam
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Velvet (fabric weave)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1970s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 82.5 centimeters and length 80 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Treadle loomed background in white cotton, 2 singles in warp and 3 singles weft. Suppl. weft brocading in cotton, 3,4, singles in yellow, dark and light red, green, pink, lavender, blue; 20 singles gray. Native name and meaning: Huipil diario- Everyday blouse. CONTEXT OF USE: Main body appears as balanced weave due to use of three singles in weft. Multicolored suppl. weft brocading covers top half of garment. Neckline is bordered with bias tape and a 2 inch band of sky blue velvet, machine stitched. Multicolored randa stops at bottom of upper half. 1 1/2 inch band of checker board patterning in gray cotton and then plain weave. Armholes are bordered with red velvet and dark blue bias tape. Tucks at breastline: front, back and both sides are flattened and machine stitched down the center (1 inch wide). Dating relates to use of more colors and frequent changes in designs than in older huipiles; randa is always in center. See also 3-29746 CONSERVATION: Good. Some stains, tears, repair in green cotton yarn (Wendy Berkelman).
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29744, described as Huipil: Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave with two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece; warps cut and machine-hemmed. Head hole cut out, bound with commercial cloth.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29744, described as Huipil: Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave with two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece; warps cut and machine-hemmed. Head hole cut out, bound with commercial cloth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29744, described as Huipil: Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave with two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece; warps cut and machine-hemmed. Head hole cut out, bound with commercial cloth.

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