Huipil

Museum number:
3-32177
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Alternate number:
ACW Guatemala #21 (previous number, Margot Schevill checklist number)
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Description:
Two piece cotton back-strap loom woven huipil with minimal central randa. The majority of the huipil consists of dark read and white stripes, although there are also some fine orange warp stripes, the central panel and the shoulders have lines of single sided supplementary weft, linear designs and multicolored butterflies (not sure if they are brocade or embroidery).
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Rafael Petzal
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection date:
2000
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 70 centimeters, whole— length 59 centimeters, and whole— depth 0.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32177, described as Two piece cotton back-strap loom woven huipil with minimal central randa. The majority of the huipil consists of dark read and white stripes, although there are also some fine orange warp stripes, the central panel and the shoulders have lines of single sided supplementary weft, linear designs and multicolored butterflies (not sure if they are brocade or embroidery).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-32177, described as Two piece cotton back-strap loom woven huipil with minimal central randa. The majority of the huipil consists of dark read and white stripes, although there are also some fine orange warp stripes, the central panel and the shoulders have lines of single sided supplementary weft, linear designs and multicolored butterflies (not sure if they are brocade or embroidery).

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