Huipil

Museum number:
3-29591
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 247 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil/blouse: Backstrap-loomed, white on white, plain weave,. Two-faced supp. weft brocading, cotton singles white. Three pieces hand-stitched together, all end selvedges loom-finished,. Head hole not cut out. (96 cm. X 99.5 cm).
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz,
Culture or time period:
Q'eqchi'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (singles) and Weft [reassign]
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 96 centimeters and width 99.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: White on white CONTEXT OF USE: located by Olga Arriola de Geng See also 3-29593 CONSERVATION: Overall good; stained.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29591, described as Huipil/blouse: Backstrap-loomed, white on white, plain weave,. Two-faced supp. weft brocading, cotton singles white. Three pieces hand-stitched together, all end selvedges loom-finished,. Head hole not cut out. (96 cm. X 99.5 cm).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29591, described as Huipil/blouse: Backstrap-loomed, white on white, plain weave,. Two-faced supp. weft brocading, cotton singles white. Three pieces hand-stitched together, all end selvedges loom-finished,. Head hole not cut out. (96 cm. X 99.5 cm).

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