Huipil

Museum number:
3-29583
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029583
Accession number:
Acc.4480
Description:
Backstrap-loomed; balanced plain weave; single-faced supplemental weft brocading; two lienzos; end-selvedges loom-finished; joined center back and front with loose whip stitch. Uncut head opening. Huipil/blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton; 3 singles in white; 6 singles in soft red, dark green and dark yellow; 2 two-ply in eggplant purple. Context of use: Collected and donated by Mrs. Esther Bevan, in the name of Imgaard and Jean Johnson. Red may be Alizarin dye, used in the 1930s (M. Schevill) and yellow dye the "old yellow" (de Geng). Iconography is geometric. Cloth label sewn inside onto right back panel, with "PHL A61" written in ink on it. Conservation: Original ground fabric probably once white, now yellowed with age. Good condition. Some spots, stains and supplemental weft brocading coming out in places.
Donor:
Esther Bevan
Collection place:
Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Mixco, Guatemala
Collector:
Esther Bevan
Collection date:
1940s
Materials:
Alizarin (natural colorant) and Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb and 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29583, described as Backstrap-loomed; balanced plain weave; single-faced supplemental weft brocading; two lienzos; end-selvedges loom-finished; joined center back and front with loose whip stitch. Uncut head opening. Huipil/blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton; 3 singles in white; 6 singles in soft red, dark green and dark yellow; 2 two-ply in eggplant purple. Context of use: Collected and donated by Mrs. Esther Bevan, in the name of Imgaard and Jean Johnson. Red may be Alizarin dye, used in the 1930s (M. Schevill) and yellow dye the "old yellow" (de Geng). Iconography is geometric. Cloth label sewn inside onto right back panel, with "PHL A61" written in ink on it. Conservation: Original ground fabric probably once white, now yellowed with age. Good condition. Some spots, stains and supplemental weft brocading coming out in places.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29583, described as Backstrap-loomed; balanced plain weave; single-faced supplemental weft brocading; two lienzos; end-selvedges loom-finished; joined center back and front with loose whip stitch. Uncut head opening. Huipil/blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton; 3 singles in white; 6 singles in soft red, dark green and dark yellow; 2 two-ply in eggplant purple. Context of use: Collected and donated by Mrs. Esther Bevan, in the name of Imgaard and Jean Johnson. Red may be Alizarin dye, used in the 1930s (M. Schevill) and yellow dye the "old yellow" (de Geng). Iconography is geometric. Cloth label sewn inside onto right back panel, with "PHL A61" written in ink on it. Conservation: Original ground fabric probably once white, now yellowed with age. Good condition. Some spots, stains and supplemental weft brocading coming out in places.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29583, described as Backstrap-loomed; balanced plain weave; single-faced supplemental weft brocading; two lienzos; end-selvedges loom-finished; joined center back and front with loose whip stitch. Uncut head opening. Huipil/blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton; 3 singles in white; 6 singles in soft red, dark green and dark yellow; 2 two-ply in eggplant purple. Context of use: Collected and donated by Mrs. Esther Bevan, in the name of Imgaard and Jean Johnson. Red may be Alizarin dye, used in the 1930s (M. Schevill) and yellow dye the "old yellow" (de Geng). Iconography is geometric. Cloth label sewn inside onto right back panel, with "PHL A61" written in ink on it. Conservation: Original ground fabric probably once white, now yellowed with age. Good condition. Some spots, stains and supplemental weft brocading coming out in places.

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