Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading, cotton. Three pieces, hand-stitched. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed by hand. (40 cm X 83 cm)
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Tactic, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Tactic, Alta Verapaz,
Culture or time period:
Poqomchi'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
1960s
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Weft [reassign]
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment) and 2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 83 centimeters and length 40 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Single-faced supp. weft brocading. Cotton singles: blue and multi-colored. Tuck at neck on one side. CONTEXT OF USE: CONSERVATION: Good but worn