Huipil-Sobre: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined back, front, side seams by hand stitching. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole slit and sleeve openings bound with commercial black cloth.
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) and Silk floss (floss)
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:
width 84 centimeters and length 53 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton thread: 2 blue singles. Suppl. weft 2 ply cotton and silk floss. CONTEXT OF USE: "Huipil de Sanmartineco" one of two distinctive types from Comalapa. Neck binding new. Used for weddings or for fiestas (Arriola de Geng). CONSERVATION: Good, several holed on lower borders.