Huipil, sobre

Museum number:
3-29629
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 264 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Object count:
1
Description:
Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. All end selvedges loom-finished. Partial head hold cut and slit opening; faced with commercial cloth hand-stitched.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Tecpán Guatemala, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Chimaltenango; Tecpan
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk floss (floss)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 55 centimeters and length 65 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton threads: singles in red, white, blue and brown. Suppl. weft brocading in cotton singles and silk floss. Geometric and animal iconography. CONTEXT OF USE: One lienzo of a huipil, head hole cut out, edged with new commercial cloth, evidence of stitching on arm opening; see also 3-29628. CONSERVATION: Very worn; frayed at selvedges, holes, 1 piece that was a section of a huipil
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29629, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. All end selvedges loom-finished. Partial head hold cut and slit opening; faced with commercial cloth hand-stitched.Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29629, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. All end selvedges loom-finished. Partial head hold cut and slit opening; faced with commercial cloth hand-stitched.Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29629, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. All end selvedges loom-finished. Partial head hold cut and slit opening; faced with commercial cloth hand-stitched.Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29629, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. All end selvedges loom-finished. Partial head hold cut and slit opening; faced with commercial cloth hand-stitched.Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29629, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. All end selvedges loom-finished. Partial head hold cut and slit opening; faced with commercial cloth hand-stitched.Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29629, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. All end selvedges loom-finished. Partial head hold cut and slit opening; faced with commercial cloth hand-stitched.Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29629, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. All end selvedges loom-finished. Partial head hold cut and slit opening; faced with commercial cloth hand-stitched.Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29629, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. All end selvedges loom-finished. Partial head hold cut and slit opening; faced with commercial cloth hand-stitched.Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29629, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. All end selvedges loom-finished. Partial head hold cut and slit opening; faced with commercial cloth hand-stitched.Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29629, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. All end selvedges loom-finished. Partial head hold cut and slit opening; faced with commercial cloth hand-stitched.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29629, described as Huipil-sobre: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined at front, back, and side seams with hand stitching. All end selvedges loom-finished. Partial head hold cut and slit opening; faced with commercial cloth hand-stitched.

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