Huipil

Museum number:
3-32165
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
ACW Guatemala #9 (previous number, Margot Schevill checklist number)
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Description:
Child's two piece huipil, from San Lucas Toliman, Back-strap loomed cotton, black and white stripes, with supplementary weft designs of chevrons and tiny animals in multicolored threads. Neckline with commercial interfacing sewn by machine. Vertical tucks taken on both pieces to make the piece smaller.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
San Lucas Tolimán, Sololá, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
La Fuente, a courtyard where indigenous women come to sell things in Antigua Guatemala / San Lucas Toliman
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan and Maya
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection date:
2005
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
March 6, 2017
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
whole— width 31.5 centimeters, whole— depth 1 centimeters, and whole— length 44.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32165, described as Child's two piece huipil, from San Lucas Toliman, Back-strap loomed cotton, black and white stripes, with supplementary weft designs of chevrons and tiny animals in multicolored threads. Neckline with commercial interfacing sewn by machine. Vertical tucks taken on both pieces to make the piece smaller.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32165, described as Child's two piece huipil, from San Lucas Toliman, Back-strap loomed cotton, black and white stripes, with supplementary weft designs of chevrons and tiny animals in multicolored threads. Neckline with commercial interfacing sewn by machine. Vertical tucks taken on both pieces to make the piece smaller.

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