Huipil

Museum number:
3-29639
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Alternate number:
WT 226 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Three pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed with hand-stitching; decorated with neckpiece.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche (K'iche); Chichicastenango
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Acrylic yarn, 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:
1940s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 74 centimeters and width 81 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: : Backstrap-loomed of brown cotton single (2,3) yarns. Suppl. weft brocading of multicolored silk floss. Neck-piece of silk floss and black commercial cloth. Neck-piece forms points all around and medallions at centers front/back, shoulders. CONTEXT OF USE: Neck piece of silk floss and black commercial cloth forming appliqued points all around and medallions at front, back and shoulders; possibly a cofrádia huipil ( see Rowe p. 88 Fig 69). New stitches in randa and elsewhere in yellow cotton and green acrylic (Arriola de Geng). See also 3-145 CONSERVATION:Worn, especially weft and brocading in some places are threadbare; some holes; several stains.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29639, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Three pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed with hand-stitching; decorated with neckpiece.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29639, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Three pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed with hand-stitching; decorated with neckpiece.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29639, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Three pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed with hand-stitching; decorated with neckpiece.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29639, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Three pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed with hand-stitching; decorated with neckpiece.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29639, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Three pieces joined back, front, and sides by randa. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed with hand-stitching; decorated with neckpiece.

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