Huipil

Museum number:
3-32176
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Alternate number:
ACW Guatemala #20 (previous number, Margot Schevill checklist number)
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Description:
Three piece back-strap loomed huipil. The ground cloth is predominantly dark blue with fine green warp stripes The three pieces are sewn together with lavender embroidery floss. The majority of the huipil decorated with heavy multicolored single sided supplementary weft geometric designs typical of Santa Catarina. One end selvage is finished the other is cut fringe. The arm holes and the square cut out neck are heavily embroidered with triangles of red cotton floss.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Santa Catarina Palopo
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection date:
2000
Materials:
Textile materials
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
March 6, 2017
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
Whole— length 77 centimeters, Whole— depth 0.4 centimeters, and Whole— width 74 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32176, described as Three piece back-strap loomed huipil. The ground cloth is predominantly dark blue with fine green warp stripes The three pieces are sewn together with lavender embroidery floss. The majority of the huipil decorated with heavy multicolored single sided supplementary weft geometric designs typical of Santa Catarina. One end selvage is finished the other is cut fringe. The arm holes and the square cut out neck are heavily embroidered with triangles of red cotton floss.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32176, described as Three piece back-strap loomed huipil. The ground cloth is predominantly dark blue with fine green warp stripes The three pieces are sewn together with lavender embroidery floss. The majority of the huipil decorated with heavy multicolored single sided supplementary weft geometric designs typical of Santa Catarina. One end selvage is finished the other is cut fringe. The arm holes and the square cut out neck are heavily embroidered with triangles of red cotton floss.

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