Huipil, cofradía

Museum number:
3-30003
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4518
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; 3-faced support weft brocading; two pieces joined front, back and sides with randa; two-end selvages loom finished while other end warps cut and hand hemmed; head hole cut out and finished with satin weave cloth and embroider. 85 cm X 115.5 cm. Cotton: 2 singles red, brown (ixcaco), blue, green, whit/blue jaspe; 3 singles in brown (ixcaco); silk floss; various colors. Neck has a star-shaped satin cloth stitched down with silk floss and rings of embroidery radiating out towards a circle of satin cloth in the center. This in turn, radiates out in rings of silk embroidery floss. Garment is predominately in brown cotton with jaspe warp stripes. Supp. weft is not continuous but consists of single separate motifs. Texture is heavy. Commissioned; whole piece started fad; bought in 1986, copy of a 1920 huipil. Iconography consists of sun, moon, stars, little animals and warp stripes.
Donor:
Miguel Hun
Collection place:
Sololá Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Solola, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Miguel Hun
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-30003, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; 3-faced support weft brocading; two pieces joined front, back and sides with randa; two-end selvages loom finished while other end warps cut and hand hemmed; head hole cut out and finished with satin weave cloth and embroider. 85 cm X 115.5 cm. Cotton: 2 singles red, brown (ixcaco), blue, green, whit/blue jaspe; 3 singles in brown (ixcaco); silk floss; various colors. Neck has a star-shaped satin cloth stitched down with silk floss and rings of embroidery radiating out towards a circle of satin cloth in the center. This in turn, radiates out in rings of silk embroidery floss. Garment is predominately in brown cotton with jaspe warp stripes. Supp. weft is not continuous but consists of single separate motifs. Texture is heavy. Commissioned; whole piece started fad; bought in 1986, copy of a 1920 huipil. Iconography consists of sun, moon, stars, little animals and warp stripes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-30003, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; 3-faced support weft brocading; two pieces joined front, back and sides with randa; two-end selvages loom finished while other end warps cut and hand hemmed; head hole cut out and finished with satin weave cloth and embroider. 85 cm X 115.5 cm. Cotton: 2 singles red, brown (ixcaco), blue, green, whit/blue jaspe; 3 singles in brown (ixcaco); silk floss; various colors. Neck has a star-shaped satin cloth stitched down with silk floss and rings of embroidery radiating out towards a circle of satin cloth in the center. This in turn, radiates out in rings of silk embroidery floss. Garment is predominately in brown cotton with jaspe warp stripes. Supp. weft is not continuous but consists of single separate motifs. Texture is heavy. Commissioned; whole piece started fad; bought in 1986, copy of a 1920 huipil. Iconography consists of sun, moon, stars, little animals and warp stripes.

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