Huipil, cofradía

Museum number:
3-29805
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Treadle-loomed, plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut, hand-hemmed, joined front and back with hand-stitching, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace, handsewn.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Marcos; San Pedro Sacatepequez
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1900-1920
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29805, described as Treadle-loomed, plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut, hand-hemmed, joined front and back with hand-stitching, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace, handsewn.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29805, described as Treadle-loomed, plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut, hand-hemmed, joined front and back with hand-stitching, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace, handsewn.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-29805, described as Treadle-loomed, plain weave, single-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut, hand-hemmed, joined front and back with hand-stitching, head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace, handsewn.

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