Huipil-Cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, body balanced. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece. One end selvedge loom-finished, other end warps cut and hemmed by hand. Sides hand-stitched. Square neck opening cut into plain central area, edge rolled and hand-hemmed.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Palín, Escuintla, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Escuintla; Palin
Culture or time period:
Poqomam
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1920-1930
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 35 centimeters and width 74 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Cotton, backstrap-loomed, predominantly red, white, purple Native name and meaning: cofradia huipil; ceremonial blouse CONTEXT OF USE: Commercial yarn, purple is “hilo de Nicoya” (Arriola de Geng). Ceremonial according to Rowe (1981). Iconography: geometric, horses, double-headed eagles. No animals in white area demonstrates an older piece (Arriola de Geng). CONSERVATION: Excellent, only faded