Huipil-cofradía: Backstrap-loomed, weft predominant plain weave. Tapestry woven weft. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces joined with randa at front, back, and sides. Three ends loom-finished, three cut and hand-hemmed. Head hole cut out and bound with magenta silk and embroidery.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Sacapulas, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Sacapulas
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk (floss)
Taxon:
Dactylopius coccus
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:
width 106.5 centimeters and length 71 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Cotton: white background. Silk floss: red, yellow, turquoise geometric bodies. Embroidery: red, yellow and light blue. Half medallions in magenta silk cloth. CONTEXT OF USE: Ceremonial or cofradía huipil, one of 27 huipiles from Sacapulas. Iconography: Geometric woven body; embroidery of floral vine, bird motif. Weaver's mark of a female figure in red silk floss. Red silk in self is synthetic dyed. Purple silk in embroidery is cochineal dyed. (Carlsen). See also 3-29672 CONSERVATION:Good, worn. Some repair; some threadbare areas, stains, holes.