Huipil

Museum number:
3-30006
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4464
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supporting weft brocading; two pieces joined with hand stitching; one end loom-finished, other end has warps cut and hand hemmed; head hole slit unfinished. 38 cm x 58.5 cm. Cotton: 1 two-ply in black. Mercerized cotton: 3 two-ply in brown, green, aqua, maroon, orange, purple, white, red, light and dark pink, light and dark green, light and dark blue, yellow and lavender. This chi'd's huipil is unfinished; the head hole slit has not been opened. Rows of multicolored supporting weft brocading are evenly spaced throughout the whole piece Iconography consists of geometric motifs.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
San Martín Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Martin Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan and Kaqchikel
Collector:
Linda Green
Collection date:
1990
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-30006, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supporting weft brocading; two pieces joined with hand stitching; one end loom-finished, other end has warps cut and hand hemmed; head hole slit unfinished. 38 cm x 58.5 cm. Cotton: 1 two-ply in black. Mercerized cotton: 3 two-ply in brown, green, aqua, maroon, orange, purple, white, red, light and dark pink, light and dark green, light and dark blue, yellow and lavender. This chi'd's huipil is unfinished; the head hole slit has not been opened. Rows of multicolored supporting weft brocading are evenly spaced throughout the whole piece Iconography consists of geometric motifs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-30006, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supporting weft brocading; two pieces joined with hand stitching; one end loom-finished, other end has warps cut and hand hemmed; head hole slit unfinished. 38 cm x 58.5 cm. Cotton: 1 two-ply in black. Mercerized cotton: 3 two-ply in brown, green, aqua, maroon, orange, purple, white, red, light and dark pink, light and dark green, light and dark blue, yellow and lavender. This chi'd's huipil is unfinished; the head hole slit has not been opened. Rows of multicolored supporting weft brocading are evenly spaced throughout the whole piece Iconography consists of geometric motifs.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Huipil, accession number 3-30006, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supporting weft brocading; two pieces joined with hand stitching; one end loom-finished, other end has warps cut and hand hemmed; head hole slit unfinished. 38 cm x 58.5 cm. Cotton: 1 two-ply in black. Mercerized cotton: 3 two-ply in brown, green, aqua, maroon, orange, purple, white, red, light and dark pink, light and dark green, light and dark blue, yellow and lavender. This chi'd's huipil is unfinished; the head hole slit has not been opened. Rows of multicolored supporting weft brocading are evenly spaced throughout the whole piece Iconography consists of geometric motifs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30006, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supporting weft brocading; two pieces joined with hand stitching; one end loom-finished, other end has warps cut and hand hemmed; head hole slit unfinished. 38 cm x 58.5 cm. Cotton: 1 two-ply in black. Mercerized cotton: 3 two-ply in brown, green, aqua, maroon, orange, purple, white, red, light and dark pink, light and dark green, light and dark blue, yellow and lavender. This chi'd's huipil is unfinished; the head hole slit has not been opened. Rows of multicolored supporting weft brocading are evenly spaced throughout the whole piece Iconography consists of geometric motifs.

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