Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces joined front and back by handsewing. Loom-finished end selvedges; head hole cut out and finished with commercial cloth and trim.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Todos Santos Cuchumatan, Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Todos Santos Cuchumatan, Huehuetenango
Culture or time period:
Mam
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1965-1972
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 73.7 centimeters and length 68.6 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed. Cotton, 1-2 singles in white and red (predominant); 1 two-ply in green, orange, blue; 2 two-ply in yellow and blue. Wool singles in beige and grey. Native name and meaning: Huipil- Woman's blouse CONTEXT OF USE: Head hole finished with brown rickrack that also appears in surrounding area in addition to purple rickrack. Both of these are on top of commercial green cloth and adhered with red and blue yarn. Center lienzo is the only one with brocading- there is an additional red weft on top of the cloth and brocading in wool floats above all of this. All are geometric designs. SIde panels have same colored stripes in red, white, orange, green white the center lienzo is red, white, orange and blue striped. Manufacture date of 1965-192 (Rowe). Dating relates to greater use of red in stripes and less of white (Arriola de Geng). See also 3-29730 and 3-29732 CONSERVATION: Good. Two small tears at bottom of huipil and lower front and back are fraying.