Huipil casamiento

Museum number:
3-29714
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 28 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.
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) and Silk floss
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 85 centimeters and length 61.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed. Single and two-ply cotton in white, red, purple, navy, yellow, orange, green, gold; silk floss in lavender and magenta (faded). Native name and meaning: Huipil, casamiento- Woman's wedding blouse. CONTEXT OF USE: Iconography: multi-colored geometric patterns. Two patterns recall those commonly used in San Antonio Aguas Calientes (zigzags and arcos). Neck was embroidered before, new finish; may have had a neckpiece that wore out; gold warp stripes on side selvedges are special (Arriola de Geng). See also 3-29715-16 CONSERVATION: Worn and patched in areas; side selvedges fraying and hand hemmed.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Huipil casamiento, accession number 3-29714, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Huipil casamiento, accession number 3-29714, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Huipil casamiento, accession number 3-29714, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Huipil casamiento, accession number 3-29714, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Huipil casamiento, accession number 3-29714, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Huipil casamiento, accession number 3-29714, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Huipil casamiento, accession number 3-29714, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Huipil casamiento, accession number 3-29714, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Huipil casamiento, accession number 3-29714, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Huipil casamiento, accession number 3-29714, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Huipil casamiento, accession number 3-29714, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Huipil casamiento, accession number 3-29714, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil casamiento, accession number 3-29714, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back by machine sewn randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.

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