Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, weft predominant plain weave. Tapestry woven weft. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces joined with randa at front, back, and sides. Ends cut and hand-hemmed. Head hole cut out; bound with silk cloth.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Sacapulas, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Sacapulas
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Silk (commercial cloth), and Silk floss
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1930s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 53 centimeters and width 96.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Cotton: white background. Suppl. weft in red, yellow and green cotton. Embroidery of silk floss in yellow, purple, light blue and of-white. Half medallions in red silk cloth. CONTEXT OF USE: Ceremonial or cofradía huipil, one of 27 huipiles from Sacapulas. Iconography: Geometric in woven body. Embroidery in fan design. Dating relates to embroidery at neckline. CONSERVATION: Good. Some stains of light green, brown. Some candle wax; medallions tattered.