Huipil, casamiento

Museum number:
3-29716
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 72 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil casamiento-Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back with hand-sewn randa, sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; San Pedro Sacatepequez
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk floss
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 56.5 centimeters and width 96.5 squareCentimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed. Cotton, silk floss, white predominant, gray, red, green, purple, navy blue, yellow, silver, pale gold, pale pink. Native name and meaning: Huipil, casamiento- Woman's wedding blouse. CONTEXT OF USE: Two sides are woven with different yarn; Wedding huipil because designs on bottom and use of silk (Arriola de Geng). Iconography: Stripes, medium and small horses, birds, geometric patterns. (Arriola de Geng). See also 3-29714-15 CONSERVATION: Good.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Huipil, casamiento, accession number 3-29716, described as Huipil casamiento-Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back with hand-sewn randa, sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Huipil, casamiento, accession number 3-29716, described as Huipil casamiento-Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back with hand-sewn randa, sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Huipil, casamiento, accession number 3-29716, described as Huipil casamiento-Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back with hand-sewn randa, sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Huipil, casamiento, accession number 3-29716, described as Huipil casamiento-Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back with hand-sewn randa, sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, casamiento, accession number 3-29716, described as Huipil casamiento-Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back with hand-sewn randa, sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch.

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