Huipil
- Museum number:
- 3-32061
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21030032061
- Alternate number:
- ACW 6 (previous number (collector's original number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4798
- Description:
- Huipil, Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala.
- Donor:
- Anne Connell Wilson
- Collection place:
- Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala
- Culture or time period:
- Kaqchikel
- Collector:
- Anne Connell Wilson
- Collection date:
- July 16, 2009
- Materials:
- Cotton (textile)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Huipils
- Function:
- 2.1 Daily Garb
- Accession date:
- April 8, 2016
- Department:
- Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
- Dimensions:
- length 61 centimeters and width 79 centimeters
- Comment:
- Woven by Brenda Matzar Pérez, the niece of Bertina Lopez Cumez, both of SCP. Purchased at the home of Bertina’s mother in SCP on July 16, 2009. 2 paper tags at back neckline: (removed) —“ACW #6” —“Huipil, Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala. Made by the niece,Brenda Matzar Pérez , of my weaving teacher, Bertina Lopez Cumez, and purchased at the home of Bertina’s mother in Santa Catarina Palopó on July 16, 2009, by AC Wilson. Price given in U.S. dollars = $50. Brenda = ~14 yrs old." 3 panels, 3selvage cloth. Cut warp ends at one end. Decorative black stitching at armholes & neckline. Plain weave. Warps predominantly blue with thin black warp stripes. Dense singlefaced supplementary welt patterning, predominantly blue & green.
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