Huipil

Museum number:
3-29912
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029912
Alternate number:
G 145 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4193
Description:
Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three pieces of cloth joined front, back, and sides with randa; head hole cut out, hemmed by hand, bordered with embroidery and silk commercial cloth; selvedges loom-finished; geometric figures and star-shaped designs; 65 cm X 90.5 cm.
Donor:
Penelope Cooper
Collection place:
Quiché Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Chichicastenango
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Penelope Cooper
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
Collected by Fifi White, acquired by Penelope May Cooper in the 1980s donated to the museum in 1986. Neckpiece commercial black silk cloth, decorated with star-shape designs; two medallions at shoulders; sleeves joined by zigzag panda stitched overall appearance rectangular shape of blouse.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29912, described as Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three pieces of cloth joined front, back, and sides with randa; head hole cut out, hemmed by hand, bordered with embroidery and silk commercial cloth; selvedges loom-finished; geometric figures and star-shaped designs; 65 cm X 90.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29912, described as Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three pieces of cloth joined front, back, and sides with randa; head hole cut out, hemmed by hand, bordered with embroidery and silk commercial cloth; selvedges loom-finished; geometric figures and star-shaped designs; 65 cm X 90.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29912, described as Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three pieces of cloth joined front, back, and sides with randa; head hole cut out, hemmed by hand, bordered with embroidery and silk commercial cloth; selvedges loom-finished; geometric figures and star-shaped designs; 65 cm X 90.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29912, described as Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three pieces of cloth joined front, back, and sides with randa; head hole cut out, hemmed by hand, bordered with embroidery and silk commercial cloth; selvedges loom-finished; geometric figures and star-shaped designs; 65 cm X 90.5 cm.

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