Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two lienzos hand sewn together; sides are sewn closed. Head hole cut out and finished with hand-sewn stitching.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Miguel Chicaj, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Miguel Chicaj, Baja Verapaz
Culture or time period:
Achi
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Ixcaco
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 76.2 centimeters and length 58.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed. Singles and two-ply cotton in ixcaco and red (predominant); also in blue, purple, yellow, green, and hot pink. Native name and meaning: Huipil diario - Woman's everyday blouse CONTEXT OF USE: Only a small portion of huipil in unbrocaded at bottom but the effect of tan warp and red wefts makes the unbrocaded area appear decorated. The shoulder area is the most heavily brocaded in vertical zigags, divided by a horizontal band of brightly backstrap-loomed cloth and another larger patch on left front lienzo, also of backstrap-loomed cloth. Olga Arriola de Geng located this huipil in San Miguel Chicaj. CONSERVATION: Fair. Patched, area around head hole is torn.