Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece, one end selvedge loom-finished, other end warps cut and hemmed by hand. Sides hand-stitched, square neck opening cut into plain central area, edge rolled and hand-hemmed.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Palín, Escuintla, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Escuintla; Palin
Culture or time period:
Poqomam
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (some handspun; some sedalina)
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:
width 67.5 centimeters and length 37.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Single and two-ply cotton in white, red, purple, lavender, blue; two-ply sedalina in yellow. Backstrap-loomed. Native name and meaning: cofradia huipil; ceremonial women's blouse CONTEXT OF USE: Placement of doubled-headed eagles indicates ceremonial use( center and back) as well as small square neck. At edges of central design panel supplementary weft yarns brought along edge and wrapped once around the vertical "post", different that the knotting techniques of servilletas 3-29699 and 3-29697 at edges of those central panels. On red suppl. weft yarns cotton not dyed red to core/center of twist, white visible- homedyed and handspun. Animal designs in white area. Lavender suppl. weft "hilo de Cantel" replaces "Nicoya" in 1950s (Arriola de Geng). CONSERVATION: Excellent See also: 3-29691-4,