Textile

Museum number:
3-30000
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030030000
Accession number:
Acc.4518
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp -predominant plain weave; two faced supp. weft brocading; two pieces joined with randa; end selvages loom-finished. 91.5 cm x 91.5 cm. Cotton hand spun singles in white; 2 singles in red; cotton: 6 singles in yellow, green and red. The red wefts and warps on one end are used as a wrap stitch along three edges as a decorative element; a central band of red occurs on each side of the randa joining the two pieces the stars and butterflies are evenly spaced on the plaid background. Copy of a 1910 servilleta purchased in Santa Maria per collector Miguel Hun. By the time this textile was purchased, there was no hand spinning in this town; perhaps the weaver saved this yarn for creating an older style piece per M. Schevill.
Donor:
Miguel Hun
Collection place:
Sacatepequez Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Sacatepequez; Santa Maria de Jesus
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Miguel Hun
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-30000, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp -predominant plain weave; two faced supp. weft brocading; two pieces joined with randa; end selvages loom-finished. 91.5 cm x 91.5 cm. Cotton hand spun singles in white; 2 singles in red; cotton: 6 singles in yellow, green and red. The red wefts and warps on one end are used as a wrap stitch along three edges as a decorative element; a central band of red occurs on each side of the randa joining the two pieces the stars and butterflies are evenly spaced on the plaid background. Copy of a 1910 servilleta purchased in Santa Maria per collector Miguel Hun. By the time this textile was purchased, there was no hand spinning in this town; perhaps the weaver saved this yarn for creating an older style piece per M. Schevill.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-30000, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp -predominant plain weave; two faced supp. weft brocading; two pieces joined with randa; end selvages loom-finished. 91.5 cm x 91.5 cm. Cotton hand spun singles in white; 2 singles in red; cotton: 6 singles in yellow, green and red. The red wefts and warps on one end are used as a wrap stitch along three edges as a decorative element; a central band of red occurs on each side of the randa joining the two pieces the stars and butterflies are evenly spaced on the plaid background. Copy of a 1910 servilleta purchased in Santa Maria per collector Miguel Hun. By the time this textile was purchased, there was no hand spinning in this town; perhaps the weaver saved this yarn for creating an older style piece per M. Schevill.

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