Huipil, sobre

Museum number:
3-29606
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 22 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Weft faced and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. End selvedges loom-finished. Two pieces joined back, front, and side seams by hand stitching. Head hole slit and bound with black velvet, sleeve openings bound with black velvet.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Comalapa, Chimaltenango
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Ixcaco, Silk floss (floss), and Velvet (fabric weave)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
weight 91 centimeters and length 57 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton thread, 2 ply ixcaco. Creya stripe woven of red, cotton singles. Suppl. weft cotton and silk floss. CONTEXT OF USE: Woven on right hand corner the letters "onono" in green cotton thread. Woven at left corner and side seams a geometric design in the same thread, probably the weaver's mark. Lower banda is an unusual design. CONSERVATION:good, yet worn, especially at sleeve openings.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29606, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Weft faced and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. End selvedges loom-finished. Two pieces joined back, front, and side seams by hand stitching. Head hole slit and bound with black velvet, sleeve openings bound with black velvet.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29606, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Weft faced and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. End selvedges loom-finished. Two pieces joined back, front, and side seams by hand stitching. Head hole slit and bound with black velvet, sleeve openings bound with black velvet.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29606, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Weft faced and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. End selvedges loom-finished. Two pieces joined back, front, and side seams by hand stitching. Head hole slit and bound with black velvet, sleeve openings bound with black velvet.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29606, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Weft faced and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. End selvedges loom-finished. Two pieces joined back, front, and side seams by hand stitching. Head hole slit and bound with black velvet, sleeve openings bound with black velvet.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29606, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Weft faced and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. End selvedges loom-finished. Two pieces joined back, front, and side seams by hand stitching. Head hole slit and bound with black velvet, sleeve openings bound with black velvet.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29606, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Weft faced and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. End selvedges loom-finished. Two pieces joined back, front, and side seams by hand stitching. Head hole slit and bound with black velvet, sleeve openings bound with black velvet.

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