Huipil

Museum number:
3-29809
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Treadle-loomed, plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut, hand- and machine-stitched, lienzos sewn together, sides closed, head hole cut out, finished with button hole stitch and lace.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Marcos; San Pedro Sacatepequez
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
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:
1920-1930
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29809, described as Treadle-loomed, plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut, hand- and machine-stitched, lienzos sewn together, sides closed, head hole cut out, finished with button hole stitch and lace.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29809, described as Treadle-loomed, plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut, hand- and machine-stitched, lienzos sewn together, sides closed, head hole cut out, finished with button hole stitch and lace.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29809, described as Treadle-loomed, plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut, hand- and machine-stitched, lienzos sewn together, sides closed, head hole cut out, finished with button hole stitch and lace.

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