Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, weft predominant plain weave. Tapestry woven weft. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces. Head hole cut out and bound by commercial decorative silk neckpiece.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Sacapulas, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Sacapulas
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Silk, and Silk floss
Taxon:
Dactylopius coccus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1910-1920
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 98 centimeters and length 59 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Cotton, and silk floss in white, pink, gold and beige. Neckpiece magenta half medallions. Silk floss embroidery on neckpiece; neck bound in orange. CONTEXT OF USE: Ceremonial or cofradía huipil, one of 27 huipiles from Sacapulas; predominantly silk, has fine texture. Iconography: Geometric. Purple silk is cochineal-dyed (Carlsen). Perhaps the embroidery done by other than weaver because silk floss is different than in huipil (Arriola de Geng). See also 3-29665 and 3-29679. CONSERVATION: Good. Few stains; worn at neck.