Huipil

Museum number:
3-29986
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4518
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; three pieces, all end selvages loom-finished; pieces joined by hand-stitching; headhole not cut out. 53 cm x 109 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 two-ply in white, red; 4 two-ply in dark blue, red, green, yellow, and purple. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. The outer lienzos are white with bands of multicolored supp. weft motifs that flank central red-on-red lienzo. Red-on-red lienzo has supp. weft brocading in blue and green vertical zigzags. White lienzos' motifs consist of birds on tobacco plants, stylized starts, pacaya palm leave. Unfinished headhold is square with supp. weft edging on two sides; end of supp. weft are cut and loose on inside. "Daily blouse, if worn as a veil, it becomes ceremonial." (Hun) Center lienzo is similar to a huipil from Tactic, 3-29598.
Donor:
Miguel Hun
Collection place:
Tamahú, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Miguel Hun
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29986, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; three pieces, all end selvages loom-finished; pieces joined by hand-stitching; headhole not cut out. 53 cm x 109 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 two-ply in white, red; 4 two-ply in dark blue, red, green, yellow, and purple. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. The outer lienzos are white with bands of multicolored supp. weft motifs that flank central red-on-red lienzo. Red-on-red lienzo has supp. weft brocading in blue and green vertical zigzags. White lienzos' motifs consist of birds on tobacco plants, stylized starts, pacaya palm leave. Unfinished headhold is square with supp. weft edging on two sides; end of supp. weft are cut and loose on inside. "Daily blouse, if worn as a veil, it becomes ceremonial." (Hun) Center lienzo is similar to a huipil from Tactic, 3-29598.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29986, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; three pieces, all end selvages loom-finished; pieces joined by hand-stitching; headhole not cut out. 53 cm x 109 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 two-ply in white, red; 4 two-ply in dark blue, red, green, yellow, and purple. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. The outer lienzos are white with bands of multicolored supp. weft motifs that flank central red-on-red lienzo. Red-on-red lienzo has supp. weft brocading in blue and green vertical zigzags. White lienzos' motifs consist of birds on tobacco plants, stylized starts, pacaya palm leave. Unfinished headhold is square with supp. weft edging on two sides; end of supp. weft are cut and loose on inside. "Daily blouse, if worn as a veil, it becomes ceremonial." (Hun) Center lienzo is similar to a huipil from Tactic, 3-29598.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29986, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; three pieces, all end selvages loom-finished; pieces joined by hand-stitching; headhole not cut out. 53 cm x 109 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 two-ply in white, red; 4 two-ply in dark blue, red, green, yellow, and purple. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. The outer lienzos are white with bands of multicolored supp. weft motifs that flank central red-on-red lienzo. Red-on-red lienzo has supp. weft brocading in blue and green vertical zigzags. White lienzos' motifs consist of birds on tobacco plants, stylized starts, pacaya palm leave. Unfinished headhold is square with supp. weft edging on two sides; end of supp. weft are cut and loose on inside. "Daily blouse, if worn as a veil, it becomes ceremonial." (Hun) Center lienzo is similar to a huipil from Tactic, 3-29598.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29986, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; three pieces, all end selvages loom-finished; pieces joined by hand-stitching; headhole not cut out. 53 cm x 109 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 two-ply in white, red; 4 two-ply in dark blue, red, green, yellow, and purple. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. The outer lienzos are white with bands of multicolored supp. weft motifs that flank central red-on-red lienzo. Red-on-red lienzo has supp. weft brocading in blue and green vertical zigzags. White lienzos' motifs consist of birds on tobacco plants, stylized starts, pacaya palm leave. Unfinished headhold is square with supp. weft edging on two sides; end of supp. weft are cut and loose on inside. "Daily blouse, if worn as a veil, it becomes ceremonial." (Hun) Center lienzo is similar to a huipil from Tactic, 3-29598.

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