Huipil

Museum number:
3-29776
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and double-faced supp. weft brocading, 2 pieces joined at center front and back using whipstitch; all end selvedges loom-finished, head hole slit, no trimming.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Sacatepequez Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Antonio Aguas Calientes, Sacatepequez
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1920-1930
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29776, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and double-faced supp. weft brocading, 2 pieces joined at center front and back using whipstitch; all end selvedges loom-finished, head hole slit, no trimming.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29776, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and double-faced supp. weft brocading, 2 pieces joined at center front and back using whipstitch; all end selvedges loom-finished, head hole slit, no trimming.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29776, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and double-faced supp. weft brocading, 2 pieces joined at center front and back using whipstitch; all end selvedges loom-finished, head hole slit, no trimming.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29776, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and double-faced supp. weft brocading, 2 pieces joined at center front and back using whipstitch; all end selvedges loom-finished, head hole slit, no trimming.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29776, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and double-faced supp. weft brocading, 2 pieces joined at center front and back using whipstitch; all end selvedges loom-finished, head hole slit, no trimming.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29776, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and double-faced supp. weft brocading, 2 pieces joined at center front and back using whipstitch; all end selvedges loom-finished, head hole slit, no trimming.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29776, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and double-faced supp. weft brocading, 2 pieces joined at center front and back using whipstitch; all end selvedges loom-finished, head hole slit, no trimming.

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