Huipil, sobre

Museum number:
3-29623
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 38 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, end selvedges loom-finished. Joined by randa at side seams and centers front and back. Head hole cut out and slit, head and arm openings finished in red velveteen.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Martín Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Chimaltenango; San Martin Jilotepeque
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Cotton (textile) (sedalina is dmc perle cotton #8), and Silk floss (floss)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 54 centimeters and width 72 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton singles in dark blue; sedalina in two ply cream, peach, orange, red, green, blue and six 2 ply red. Silk floss in purple an lavender. CONTEXT OF USE: Neckband and sleeves finished in red/red-orange randa contrasting with blue randa at side seams and centers front and back. Entire huipil surface decorated with brocading except a narrow blue band near hem. Small tie closure at neck. Possible weaver's mark in red at center front along top of central band of zigzag pattern. Some designs such as central band "arco " are similar to those in huipiles from San Antonio Aguas Calientes in San Antonio Aguas Calientes (Schevill-1986). Randas at sides and arco grande in central band indicate ceremonial huipil. See also 3-29620-22 CONSERVATION: overall good; brocading starting to wear away along front hem.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29623, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, end selvedges loom-finished. Joined by randa at side seams and centers front and back. Head hole cut out and slit, head and arm openings finished in red velveteen.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29623, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, end selvedges loom-finished. Joined by randa at side seams and centers front and back. Head hole cut out and slit, head and arm openings finished in red velveteen.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29623, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, end selvedges loom-finished. Joined by randa at side seams and centers front and back. Head hole cut out and slit, head and arm openings finished in red velveteen.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29623, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, end selvedges loom-finished. Joined by randa at side seams and centers front and back. Head hole cut out and slit, head and arm openings finished in red velveteen.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29623, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, end selvedges loom-finished. Joined by randa at side seams and centers front and back. Head hole cut out and slit, head and arm openings finished in red velveteen.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29623, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, end selvedges loom-finished. Joined by randa at side seams and centers front and back. Head hole cut out and slit, head and arm openings finished in red velveteen.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29623, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, end selvedges loom-finished. Joined by randa at side seams and centers front and back. Head hole cut out and slit, head and arm openings finished in red velveteen.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29623, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, end selvedges loom-finished. Joined by randa at side seams and centers front and back. Head hole cut out and slit, head and arm openings finished in red velveteen.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29623, described as Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, end selvedges loom-finished. Joined by randa at side seams and centers front and back. Head hole cut out and slit, head and arm openings finished in red velveteen.

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