Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave. Two pieces joined by decorative randa, also on underarm seams. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out, neck opening slit, faced with commercial cloth neck piece, embroidered around neck, chest, and back.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Patzún, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Patzun, Chimaltenango
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk floss (floss)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1940s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton thread; singles red predominate. Embroidered with silk floss in geometric design. Circular medallions of commercial cloth front and back. . CONTEXT OF USE: Neck decoration in older style. Manufacture date given to Linda Green by weaver informants in the field. See also 3-29619 CONSERVATION: good (Linda Green). Red cloth is faded.