Huipil, cofradía

Museum number:
3-29679
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Alternate number:
WT 213 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, weft predominant plain weave. Tapestry woven weft. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces. Head hole cut out; bound with commercial satin weave silk cloth.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Sacapulas, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Sacapulas
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Silk floss, Silk (satin weave cloth), and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1910-1920
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 66 centimeters and weight 108 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Cotton: white background. Silk floss in magenta, yellow light blue and hot pink. White wool. CONTEXT OF USE: Ceremonial or cofradía huipil, one of 27 huipiles from Sacapulas. Iconography: Geometric woven body. Embroidery in cross tassel motif with birds, deer, scorpion, circles. See also 3-29665-66 CONSERVATION: Good. Extensive brown candle wax. Partial detachment of satin cloth.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29679, described as Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, weft predominant plain weave. Tapestry woven weft. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces. Head hole cut out; bound with commercial satin weave silk cloth.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29679, described as Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, weft predominant plain weave. Tapestry woven weft. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces. Head hole cut out; bound with commercial satin weave silk cloth.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29679, described as Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, weft predominant plain weave. Tapestry woven weft. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces. Head hole cut out; bound with commercial satin weave silk cloth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29679, described as Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, weft predominant plain weave. Tapestry woven weft. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces. Head hole cut out; bound with commercial satin weave silk cloth.

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