Huipil

Museum number:
3-23464
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Accession number:
Acc.2393
Description:
Huipil; three-breadth; white cotton gauze bands alternate with plain weave; center width bands of yellow, green, terra cotta; birds alternate with chevrons; diamonds on the sides; 45.7 x 96.5 cm width. Open weave technique called "Pikbil: (gauze weave) and "Reenc". Weavers with wearers call diamond pattern "Ojos" (eyes) and chevron pattern "Palmas" (leaves). Note: No headhole. Dyes came from Germany. See pages 9-13 of "X Balam Q'ue" for discussion of Pikbil and Reenc. A lot of exchange in huipil styles between neighboring villages.
Donor:
Mrs. Richard S. Robinson and Richard S. Robinson
Collection place:
Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Virginia Wickenden
Collection date:
1923-1925
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23464, described as Huipil; three-breadth; white cotton gauze bands alternate with plain weave; center width bands of yellow, green, terra cotta; birds alternate with chevrons; diamonds on the sides; 45.7 x 96.5 cm width. Open weave technique called "Pikbil: (gauze weave) and "Reenc". Weavers with wearers call diamond pattern "Ojos" (eyes) and chevron pattern "Palmas" (leaves). Note: No headhole. Dyes came from Germany. See pages 9-13 of "X Balam Q'ue" for discussion of Pikbil and Reenc. A lot of exchange in huipil styles between neighboring villages.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23464, described as Huipil; three-breadth; white cotton gauze bands alternate with plain weave; center width bands of yellow, green, terra cotta; birds alternate with chevrons; diamonds on the sides; 45.7 x 96.5 cm width. Open weave technique called "Pikbil: (gauze weave) and "Reenc". Weavers with wearers call diamond pattern "Ojos" (eyes) and chevron pattern "Palmas" (leaves). Note: No headhole. Dyes came from Germany. See pages 9-13 of "X Balam Q'ue" for discussion of Pikbil and Reenc. A lot of exchange in huipil styles between neighboring villages.

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