Huipil, santo

Museum number:
3-29720
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 78 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil-santo. Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, single faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces- joined front and back by handsewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished; head hole cut out, finished with silk and handsewn.
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)
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:
length 44.5 centimeters and width 66 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed. Cotton, singles in white, pale red and cream. Native name and meaning: Huipil de santo-- blouse for a saint. CONTEXT OF USE: Iconography: geometric motifs in zigzag, small figures. Colors suggest ceremonial, but the designs suggest everyday. Dating relates to simple motifs. See also 3-29798, 3-29800 CONSERVATION: Poor; heavily stained, worn; many holes not patched or reinforced.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil, santo, accession number 3-29720, described as Huipil-santo. Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, single faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces- joined front and back by handsewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished; head hole cut out, finished with silk and handsewn.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil, santo, accession number 3-29720, described as Huipil-santo. Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, single faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces- joined front and back by handsewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished; head hole cut out, finished with silk and handsewn.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil, santo, accession number 3-29720, described as Huipil-santo. Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, single faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces- joined front and back by handsewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished; head hole cut out, finished with silk and handsewn.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, santo, accession number 3-29720, described as Huipil-santo. Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, single faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces- joined front and back by handsewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished; head hole cut out, finished with silk and handsewn.

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