Huipil

Museum number:
3-29640
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 23 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Three pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed with hand-stitching; decorated with neckpiece.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Chichicastenango
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1940s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 78 centimeters and width 78 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with white cotton thread. Neck-piece of black commercial cloth. CONTEXT OF USE: Neck piece of black commercial cloth appliqued with multicolored yarn.Four medallions at front, back and both shoulders have pearl like button in the center of them. Double headed eagle designs more abstracted than other examples (Schevill 1985). Both shoulders suppl. weft brocaded areas patched inside red commercial cloth and hand-stitched. CONSERVATION: Worn, especially suppl. weft brocade. Several holes; one tear patched.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29640, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Three pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed with hand-stitching; decorated with neckpiece.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29640, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Three pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed with hand-stitching; decorated with neckpiece.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29640, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Three pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed with hand-stitching; decorated with neckpiece.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29640, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Three pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed with hand-stitching; decorated with neckpiece.

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