Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces, joined at front, back, side seams, end selvedges loom-finished. Slit opening for head, bound with black velvet as are sleeve openings.
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), Silk (floss), and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 81.5 centimeters and width 63.5 centimeters
Comment:
Materials, techniques: MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with white, singles cotton thread. Creya stripe 2 red singles. Suppl. weft cotton, wool, silk floss. CONTEXT OF USE: Creya weave is called rep by Pettersen (p.200). Two rows of suppl. wefts of white cotton at bottom of one side. Suppl. weft yarn of green, blue and turquoise used from 1930s-1950s. Ceremonial because of floral banda on bottom (Arriola de Geng) CONSERVATION: Good