Huipil, cofradía

Museum number:
3-29815
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut and machine sewn, joined front and back by machine stitching, head hole cut our and finished with commercial trim, machine sewn.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Marcos; 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:
1930-1940
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29815, described as Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut and machine sewn, joined front and back by machine stitching, head hole cut our and finished with commercial trim, machine sewn.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29815, described as Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut and machine sewn, joined front and back by machine stitching, head hole cut our and finished with commercial trim, machine sewn.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29815, described as Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut and machine sewn, joined front and back by machine stitching, head hole cut our and finished with commercial trim, machine sewn.

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