Huipil, sobre

Museum number:
3-29625
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 241 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.
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 (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:
1960sq
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 120 centimeters and length 55 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton singles (two) in brown, red, blue, white, and ixcaco (tan). Suppl. weft brocading in cotton singles and silk floss. Geometric and floral iconographic designs. CONTEXT OF USE: Older style sobre huipil See also 3-29626, 3-29630 CONSERVATION: good,
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 3 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 4 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 5 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 6 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 7 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 8 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 9 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 10 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 11 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 12 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 13 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 14 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 15 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 16 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 17 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 18 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 19 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 20 of 20 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29625, described as Huipil-Confradía sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, edges with hand stitching; sleeve openings edged with embroidery stitch.

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