Perraje

Museum number:
3-29635
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Alternate number:
WT 260 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Perraje: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined at center by hand-stitching. Warps cut, braided, and knotted to form tassels.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Chajul, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Chajul
Culture or time period:
Ixil
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk (floss)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 90 centimeters and length 190 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton yarns: Warp 2 singles: dark, blue (predominate), white, red and tan. Weft 3 singles dark blue. Suppl. weft brocading in silk floss in cream and yellow. CONTEXT OF USE: Three bands of suppl. weft brocading; each band is a single motif, done predominantly in cream color. Iconography chevrons, birds and geometric. Tassels are mono-color in tan and dark blue , and bi-colored in tan and red.. See also 3-29633-34 and 3-29636 CONSERVATION: Very worn; overall color is faded; all four selvedges worn.tattered; brocading wearing away. Some surface stains. Some repairs attempted along center seam and where hold developed in body of textile; most wear of brocading is near center seam.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Perraje, accession number 3-29635, described as Perraje: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined at center by hand-stitching. Warps cut, braided, and knotted to form tassels.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Perraje, accession number 3-29635, described as Perraje: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined at center by hand-stitching. Warps cut, braided, and knotted to form tassels.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Perraje, accession number 3-29635, described as Perraje: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined at center by hand-stitching. Warps cut, braided, and knotted to form tassels.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Perraje, accession number 3-29635, described as Perraje: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined at center by hand-stitching. Warps cut, braided, and knotted to form tassels.

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