Huipil, cofradía

Museum number:
3-29819
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Nahuala, Sololá, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Solola; Nahuala, Guatemala
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 13 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.Hearst Museum object 2 of 13 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.Hearst Museum object 3 of 13 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.Hearst Museum object 4 of 13 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.Hearst Museum object 5 of 13 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.Hearst Museum object 6 of 13 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.Hearst Museum object 7 of 13 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.Hearst Museum object 8 of 13 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.Hearst Museum object 9 of 13 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.Hearst Museum object 10 of 13 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.Hearst Museum object 11 of 13 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.Hearst Museum object 12 of 13 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.Hearst Museum object 13 of 13 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29819, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, end selvedges loom-finished, joined front and back by handsewn stitch, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace.

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