Huipil

Museum number:
3-29774
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Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined with hand-stitching, head hole cut out and hand-hemmed.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Sacatepequez Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Alotenango, Sacatepequez
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29774, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined with hand-stitching, head hole cut out and hand-hemmed.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29774, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined with hand-stitching, head hole cut out and hand-hemmed.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29774, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined with hand-stitching, head hole cut out and hand-hemmed.

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