Huipil, santo

Museum number:
3-29798
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029798
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back with randa; end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out, finished with button hole stitch.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; San Pedro Sacatepequez
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1910-1920
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, santo, accession number 3-29798, described as Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back with randa; end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out, finished with button hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, santo, accession number 3-29798, described as Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back with randa; end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out, finished with button hole stitch.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, santo, accession number 3-29798, described as Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back with randa; end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out, finished with button hole stitch.

Tools