Huipil, santo

Museum number:
3-29719
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 69 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil-santo. Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One Piece. sides are open, all selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with cloth that is machine-sewn onto huipil.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; San Pedro Sacatepequez
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk floss
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1920s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 39 centimeters and length 26 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed. Cotton, one ply, white predominant, plus red and blue. Silk floss brocading in ivory, purple, magenta, violet, yellow. Head hole finished with commercial cloth. Native name and meaning: Huipil de santo-- blouse for a saint. CONTEXT OF USE: Iconography: Geometric motifs of animal figures including eagles, dogs, monkeys, worms, all done in silk floss. Dating relates to the use of silk. See also 3-29718 CONSERVATION: Very good, lightly stained. End selvedges worn, cloth at head hole worn.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil, santo, accession number 3-29719, described as Huipil-santo. Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One Piece. sides are open, all selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with cloth that is machine-sewn onto huipil.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil, santo, accession number 3-29719, described as Huipil-santo. Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One Piece. sides are open, all selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with cloth that is machine-sewn onto huipil.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil, santo, accession number 3-29719, described as Huipil-santo. Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One Piece. sides are open, all selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with cloth that is machine-sewn onto huipil.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, santo, accession number 3-29719, described as Huipil-santo. Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One Piece. sides are open, all selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with cloth that is machine-sewn onto huipil.

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