Textile

Museum number:
3-29961
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029961
Accession number:
Acc.4497
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; end selvages loom-finished; one piece joined at sides with randa; head hole slit and finished with button hole stitch. 56 cm x 79 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 singles, white; 2 two-ply and 4 two-ply in multicolors. Geometric, diamond, crisscross and "X" iconography. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. The construction of the huipil is characteristic of San Pedro Necta for the finished piece of cloth is turned sideways and the end selvages sewn together to create a side seam. The head hole and arm opening are finished with button hole stitch; the warp stripes are denser at the yoke areas and along the bottom edge.
Donor:
Brian Tapp
Collection place:
San Pedro Necta, Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
Collector:
Brian Tapp
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29961, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; end selvages loom-finished; one piece joined at sides with randa; head hole slit and finished with button hole stitch. 56 cm x 79 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 singles, white; 2 two-ply and 4 two-ply in multicolors. Geometric, diamond, crisscross and "X" iconography. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. The construction of the huipil is characteristic of San Pedro Necta for the finished piece of cloth is turned sideways and the end selvages sewn together to create a side seam. The head hole and arm opening are finished with button hole stitch; the warp stripes are denser at the yoke areas and along the bottom edge.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29961, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; end selvages loom-finished; one piece joined at sides with randa; head hole slit and finished with button hole stitch. 56 cm x 79 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 singles, white; 2 two-ply and 4 two-ply in multicolors. Geometric, diamond, crisscross and "X" iconography. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. The construction of the huipil is characteristic of San Pedro Necta for the finished piece of cloth is turned sideways and the end selvages sewn together to create a side seam. The head hole and arm opening are finished with button hole stitch; the warp stripes are denser at the yoke areas and along the bottom edge.

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