Huipil

Museum number:
3-29962
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029962
Accession number:
Acc.4497
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; end selvages loom-finished; one piece joined at sides with randa; head hole slit and finished with button hole stitch. 52 cm x 73.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 singles white; 2 two-ply and 4 two-ply in multicolors. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. Done in typical San Pedro Necta style where one piece of cloth is turned sideways and ends joined at one side with randa; entire top seam from shoulder to shoulder across front and back of head hole slit is finished in multicolored randa; arm opens are finished in button hole stitch. Iconography consists of geometrics, chevrons, "M"s and "N"s, flanked by "O"s, "X"s and diamond motifs.
Donor:
Brian Tapp
Collection place:
San Pedro Necta, Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mam
Collector:
Brian Tapp
Collection date:
1980s
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29962, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; end selvages loom-finished; one piece joined at sides with randa; head hole slit and finished with button hole stitch. 52 cm x 73.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 singles white; 2 two-ply and 4 two-ply in multicolors. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. Done in typical San Pedro Necta style where one piece of cloth is turned sideways and ends joined at one side with randa; entire top seam from shoulder to shoulder across front and back of head hole slit is finished in multicolored randa; arm opens are finished in button hole stitch. Iconography consists of geometrics, chevrons, "M"s and "N"s, flanked by "O"s, "X"s and diamond motifs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29962, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; end selvages loom-finished; one piece joined at sides with randa; head hole slit and finished with button hole stitch. 52 cm x 73.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 singles white; 2 two-ply and 4 two-ply in multicolors. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. Done in typical San Pedro Necta style where one piece of cloth is turned sideways and ends joined at one side with randa; entire top seam from shoulder to shoulder across front and back of head hole slit is finished in multicolored randa; arm opens are finished in button hole stitch. Iconography consists of geometrics, chevrons, "M"s and "N"s, flanked by "O"s, "X"s and diamond motifs.

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