Huipil

Museum number:
3-29597
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Alternate number:
WT 90 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil Lienzo: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading of cotton singles. One piece; end selvedges loom-finished. (99 cm X 35 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:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1930s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 35 centimeters and width 99 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Single-faced suppl . weft brocading of cotton singles: red, yellow and white. CONTEXT OF USE: Central lienzo of huipil. Head hole not cut out and not brocaded. Yellow and green yarn hand-dyed; stopped using these colors after 1930s. (Olga Arriola de Geng) CONSERVATION: very worn, end selvedges very frayed and some pieces missing
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29597, described as Huipil Lienzo: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading of cotton singles. One piece; end selvedges loom-finished. (99 cm X 35 cm)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29597, described as Huipil Lienzo: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading of cotton singles. One piece; end selvedges loom-finished. (99 cm X 35 cm)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29597, described as Huipil Lienzo: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading of cotton singles. One piece; end selvedges loom-finished. (99 cm X 35 cm)

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