Huipil, diario

Museum number:
3-29709
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 68 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocade. Two pieces joined front and back by randa, sides are open. Loom-finished end selveges, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch in cotton.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Ixcaco, and Silk floss
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1940s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 68 centimeters and width 101.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Cotton yarn: singles in ixcaco (faded), 3 singles in red and pale purple, 8 singles in pale purple and 1 two-ply in white. Supplementary weft in cotton: 4 two-ply in pale purple and 8-12 red singles; silk floss in yellow (faded). Native name and meaning: Huipil diario: everyday blouse. CONTEXT OF USE: This huipil follows common form for the region although the coloring is slightly off (red, ixcaco, white and purple stripes-- rather than the mauve as Rowe suggests: p. 51). Large patch found inside of the back is made of similarly woven cloth of red, light brown, yellow and grey stripes, colors that characterize the contemporary everyday huipiles from this town. Beneath the brocading of the shoulder area are flower-like designs in pale purple, red and ivory silk floss; the shoulder area itsself is brocaded in the same colors, in animal designs. Cloth probably has faded over time and with use (esp ixcaco in warp). Dating relates to ixcaco narrow warp stripes and color sequence of the stripes (Arriola de Geng). CONSERVATION: Fair: Back half has been patched with similar fabric. Suppl. weft brocading is slightly fraying.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil, diario, accession number 3-29709, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocade. Two pieces joined front and back by randa, sides are open. Loom-finished end selveges, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch in cotton.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil, diario, accession number 3-29709, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocade. Two pieces joined front and back by randa, sides are open. Loom-finished end selveges, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch in cotton.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil, diario, accession number 3-29709, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocade. Two pieces joined front and back by randa, sides are open. Loom-finished end selveges, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch in cotton.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, diario, accession number 3-29709, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocade. Two pieces joined front and back by randa, sides are open. Loom-finished end selveges, head hole cut out and finished with button hole stitch in cotton.

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