Textile

Museum number:
3-29954
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029954
Accession number:
Acc.4497
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; two lienzos joined front and back with randa; ends loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with embroidery yarn. 71 cm x 115.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 5 singles red; one two-ply red, yellow, brown purple, green and white; three two-ply in light and dark orange, pink; 5 two-ply in green, yellow, dark blue, purple. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. This very brightly colored huipil is characteristic of its locale in that it relies on warp stripes and large animal iconography in its design; the sides are open, the head hole has been finished with green cotton yarn in a wrap-stitch around the circular opening; the characteristic supp. weft appears on the shoulder and yoke area only.
Donor:
Brian Tapp
Collection place:
San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; San Juan Sacatepequez
Collector:
Brian Tapp
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29954, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; two lienzos joined front and back with randa; ends loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with embroidery yarn. 71 cm x 115.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 5 singles red; one two-ply red, yellow, brown purple, green and white; three two-ply in light and dark orange, pink; 5 two-ply in green, yellow, dark blue, purple. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. This very brightly colored huipil is characteristic of its locale in that it relies on warp stripes and large animal iconography in its design; the sides are open, the head hole has been finished with green cotton yarn in a wrap-stitch around the circular opening; the characteristic supp. weft appears on the shoulder and yoke area only.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29954, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; two lienzos joined front and back with randa; ends loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with embroidery yarn. 71 cm x 115.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 5 singles red; one two-ply red, yellow, brown purple, green and white; three two-ply in light and dark orange, pink; 5 two-ply in green, yellow, dark blue, purple. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. This very brightly colored huipil is characteristic of its locale in that it relies on warp stripes and large animal iconography in its design; the sides are open, the head hole has been finished with green cotton yarn in a wrap-stitch around the circular opening; the characteristic supp. weft appears on the shoulder and yoke area only.

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