Huipil

Museum number:
3-29827
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Nahuala, Sololá, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Solola; Nahuala, Guatemala
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 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 2 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 3 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 4 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 5 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 6 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 7 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 8 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 9 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 10 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 11 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 12 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 13 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 14 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 15 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 16 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 17 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.Hearst Museum object 18 of 18 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29827, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, one end warps cut and hemmed, other end selvedge loom-finished, joined front and back by randa and hand stitching, sides sewn closed, head hole cut out and finished with multicolored button hole stitch and zipper.

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