Huipil

Museum number:
3-29713
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 249 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with multicolored silk and cotton thread in button-hole stitch.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Santo Domingo Xenacoj, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Santo Domingo Xenacoj, Sacatepquez;
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk floss
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 103 centimeters and length 60 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed. Single and two-ply cotton in white, red, purple, green, gold; silk floss in magenta. Native name and meaning: Huipil-- Woman's blouse CONTEXT OF USE: Large animal figures on front and back in rows, central stripes and bubbly feel of supplementary weft brocading indicates location in this town (Arriola de Geng). The purple in suppl. weft is predyed yarn from Cantel and has bled onto the white base cloth. One of the small animals designs may be a weaver's mark. CONSERVATION: Good; lightly stained, not patches or facing.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29713, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with multicolored silk and cotton thread in button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29713, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with multicolored silk and cotton thread in button-hole stitch.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29713, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with multicolored silk and cotton thread in button-hole stitch.

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