Huipil

Museum number:
3-29637
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT J (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Five pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. Head hole cut out and hemmed by hand-stitching, bordered with commercial cloth and embroidery; sleeve openings bound by embroidery stitch.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Chichicastenango
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 73 centimeters and length 61 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with white cotton. Randa blue thread. Suppl. weft brocading at shoulders is sewn on by hand and not part of the other lienzos. CONTEXT OF USE: Randa, blue cotton thread. The suppl. weft brocading at shoulders is sewn on by hand and not part of the other lienzos. As textile is very worn, the bottom area of the two outer lienzos are patched with commercial cotton bearing the name of a company in Quetzaltenango. The patches are hand-stitched to the rest of the garment. Small pieces of the neckpiece remain. CONSERVATION: Fair; weft brocading very worn in some places, "thread bare", several holes.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29637, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Five pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. Head hole cut out and hemmed by hand-stitching, bordered with commercial cloth and embroidery; sleeve openings bound by embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29637, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Five pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. Head hole cut out and hemmed by hand-stitching, bordered with commercial cloth and embroidery; sleeve openings bound by embroidery stitch.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29637, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Five pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. Head hole cut out and hemmed by hand-stitching, bordered with commercial cloth and embroidery; sleeve openings bound by embroidery stitch.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29637, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Five pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. Head hole cut out and hemmed by hand-stitching, bordered with commercial cloth and embroidery; sleeve openings bound by embroidery stitch.

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