Huipil

Museum number:
3-11057
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030011057
Accession number:
Acc.897
Description:
Huipil. White linen with dark indigo and pink floral embroidery below neckline and above hem; scalloped neck opening and hem with alternating sections of same colors; small buttonhole openings at sleeves and neck edges for blue and pink Z-twisted cord with tassels at each end. Width 98.1 cm by 109 cm. Huipil means woman’s blouse or dress. Materials: extremely finely woven white linen; hand embroidered in backstitch, satin stitch, french knots and buttonhole stitches using red-brown, black linen thread. Techniques: plain weave, embroidery. Women’s everyday blouse. The cord and tassels in sleeve allow the sleeves to be pulled up in a gathered fashion and tied at the shoulders. Probably made in the 1920s or earlier-- Alejandro de Avila Blomberg. See note from Yolanda Woo in accession envelope. Attributed by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, Sept. 1984.
Donor:
Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Yucatán, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Yucatan
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Ynes Mexia
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 108 centimeters and length 100 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight; attachments
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-11057, described as Huipil. White linen with dark indigo and pink floral embroidery below neckline and above hem; scalloped neck opening and hem with alternating sections of same colors; small buttonhole openings at sleeves and neck edges for blue and pink Z-twisted cord with tassels at each end. Width 98.1 cm by 109 cm. Huipil means woman’s blouse or dress. Materials: extremely finely woven white linen; hand embroidered in backstitch, satin stitch, french knots and buttonhole stitches using red-brown, black linen thread. Techniques: plain weave, embroidery. Women’s everyday blouse. The cord and tassels in sleeve allow the sleeves to be pulled up in a gathered fashion and tied at the shoulders. Probably made in the 1920s or earlier-- Alejandro de Avila Blomberg. See note from Yolanda Woo in accession envelope. Attributed by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, Sept. 1984.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-11057, described as Huipil. White linen with dark indigo and pink floral embroidery below neckline and above hem; scalloped neck opening and hem with alternating sections of same colors; small buttonhole openings at sleeves and neck edges for blue and pink Z-twisted cord with tassels at each end. Width 98.1 cm by 109 cm. Huipil means woman’s blouse or dress. Materials: extremely finely woven white linen; hand embroidered in backstitch, satin stitch, french knots and buttonhole stitches using red-brown, black linen thread. Techniques: plain weave, embroidery. Women’s everyday blouse. The cord and tassels in sleeve allow the sleeves to be pulled up in a gathered fashion and tied at the shoulders. Probably made in the 1920s or earlier-- Alejandro de Avila Blomberg. See note from Yolanda Woo in accession envelope. Attributed by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, Sept. 1984.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-11057, described as Huipil. White linen with dark indigo and pink floral embroidery below neckline and above hem; scalloped neck opening and hem with alternating sections of same colors; small buttonhole openings at sleeves and neck edges for blue and pink Z-twisted cord with tassels at each end. Width 98.1 cm by 109 cm. Huipil means woman’s blouse or dress. Materials: extremely finely woven white linen; hand embroidered in backstitch, satin stitch, french knots and buttonhole stitches using red-brown, black linen thread. Techniques: plain weave, embroidery. Women’s everyday blouse. The cord and tassels in sleeve allow the sleeves to be pulled up in a gathered fashion and tied at the shoulders. Probably made in the 1920s or earlier-- Alejandro de Avila Blomberg. See note from Yolanda Woo in accession envelope. Attributed by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, Sept. 1984.

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