Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, weft-faced and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces, joined back, front, side seams by machine stitching, end selvedges loom-finished, head hole slit and bound with black velvet, sleeve openings bound with black velvet.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Comalapa, Chimaltenango
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Silk floss (floss), and Velvet (fabric weave)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 56 centimeters and width 66 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with white singles cotton thread. Creya stripe 2 ply red. Suppl. weft cotton and silk floss. CONTEXT OF USE: Creya style-large suppl. weft decorated central band. Collector's tag said #25., see Pettersen, 196, 200. CONSERVATION: good, although worn;