Huipil, casamiento

Museum number:
3-29706
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 248 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil, Casamiento: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocade. Three lienzos joined front and back by randa, sides are open, loom-finished selvedges, head hole cut out and finished with blue satin.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; San Juan Sacatepequez
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
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:
1970s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 124.5 centimeters and length 63.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Single and two-ply cotton in white, purple and red. Native name and meaning: Huipil casamiento- wedding blouse. CONTEXT OF USE: Common ceremonial huipil but sides are not sewn as Rowe (52) suggested. At one end of one randa is a small patch of green stitching. See also 3-29707 CONSERVATION: Very good. Side selvedges are slightly frayed, a yellow stain and slightly dirty.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, casamiento, accession number 3-29706, described as Huipil, Casamiento: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocade. Three lienzos joined front and back by randa, sides are open, loom-finished selvedges, head hole cut out and finished with blue satin.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, casamiento, accession number 3-29706, described as Huipil, Casamiento: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocade. Three lienzos joined front and back by randa, sides are open, loom-finished selvedges, head hole cut out and finished with blue satin.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, casamiento, accession number 3-29706, described as Huipil, Casamiento: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocade. Three lienzos joined front and back by randa, sides are open, loom-finished selvedges, head hole cut out and finished with blue satin.

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