Huipil, niña

Museum number:
3-29610
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 19 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Weft faced and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and side seams by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished with 3"commercial cotton attached by machine, edged in the supp. weft brocading. Head hole slit and bound with worn black velvet.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Comalapa, Chimaltenango
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (brown cotton, creya cotton), Silk floss, and Velvet (fabric weave) (neck slit binding)
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:
length 43 centimeters and width 43 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton thread brown singles. Creya stripes of 2 ply red cotton. Suppl. weft brocade cotton and silk floss. CONTEXT OF USE: "Huipil de Comalapa" one of two distinctive types. This one is noted for the "creya"- red bands on shoulder, see Pettersen, 196, 200. Manta is from Totonicapán, machine stitched to bottom on huipil. CONSERVATION:good, although worn; holes in suppl. weft.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, niña, accession number 3-29610, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Weft faced and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and side seams by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished with 3"commercial cotton attached by machine, edged in the supp. weft brocading. Head hole slit and bound with worn black velvet.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, niña, accession number 3-29610, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Weft faced and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and side seams by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished with 3"commercial cotton attached by machine, edged in the supp. weft brocading. Head hole slit and bound with worn black velvet.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, niña, accession number 3-29610, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Weft faced and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and side seams by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished with 3"commercial cotton attached by machine, edged in the supp. weft brocading. Head hole slit and bound with worn black velvet.

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