Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced weave, two pieces joined front and back by machine and hand-stitching, sides are open, head hole cut out and hemmed by machine stitching, ends are cut and left open, machine-stitched with a single row.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Zunil, Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Zunil, Quezaltenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
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:
1950s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
Garment appears as though it had been used in the other direction with a head hole cut out and hemmed at the bottom; secondary head hole is finished with a purple woven cloth and sewed on by machine, unlike the old head hole which looks more coarsely cut and simply hemmed from garment itself; it is also machine-stiched; the hidden weft in white, blue, and purple appears slightly through warp stripes creating a subtle plaid pattern.