Huipil

Museum number:
3-29786
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back by machine-stitching, sides semi closed by machine-stitching, end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out, finished with commercial velvet.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Sacatepequez Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Sacatepequez; Santa Maria de Jesus
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1970s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29786, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back by machine-stitching, sides semi closed by machine-stitching, end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out, finished with commercial velvet.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Huipil, accession number 3-29786, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back by machine-stitching, sides semi closed by machine-stitching, end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out, finished with commercial velvet.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29786, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces joined front and back by machine-stitching, sides semi closed by machine-stitching, end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out, finished with commercial velvet.

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