Huipil, casamiento

Museum number:
3-29707
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029707
Alternate number:
WT 130 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil, Casamiento: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocade. Three lienzos joined front and back by randa, sides sewn shut. Loom-finished end selvedges, head hole cut out and finished with blue commercial cloth (severely frayed).
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; San Juan Sacatepequez (Kaqchikel)
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1920s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 110.5 centimeters and length 49.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Cotton in two singles white, and 6 or 8 singles red. Native name and meaning: Huipil casamiento- Women's wedding blouse. CONTEXT OF USE: Traditional ceremonial huipil made of 3 lienzos with hand sewn randa and side seams in alternating colors of red and purple. White base cloth has narrow purple stripes in the warp and occasional horizontal ribbing made from using heavier weft. Suppl. weft brocading in shoulder areas only, with trees of life, floral patterns and animals (deer, monkeys, double headed eagles, birds). Head hole is finished with blue fabric that has worn heavily0 only strands remain of frayed blue cloth; two roundels are at center front and back of neck area, done in same blue cloth. Dating relates to use of "hilo morado de nicoya" quality of yarn, designs on shoulders, randa and weft ribs narrower than 3-29706 (Arriola de Geng) . CONSERVATION: Good. Heavily stained
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, casamiento, accession number 3-29707, described as Huipil, Casamiento: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocade. Three lienzos joined front and back by randa, sides sewn shut. Loom-finished end selvedges, head hole cut out and finished with blue commercial cloth (severely frayed).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, casamiento, accession number 3-29707, described as Huipil, Casamiento: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocade. Three lienzos joined front and back by randa, sides sewn shut. Loom-finished end selvedges, head hole cut out and finished with blue commercial cloth (severely frayed).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, casamiento, accession number 3-29707, described as Huipil, Casamiento: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocade. Three lienzos joined front and back by randa, sides sewn shut. Loom-finished end selvedges, head hole cut out and finished with blue commercial cloth (severely frayed).

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