Saco, hombre cofradía (men's jacket): Treadle-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Four pieces joined back and side seams by machine stitching. Warps cut, machine-stitched and bound with black rickrack. Collar, sleeve openings, both front panels machine-stitched; four pockets, two lower and one top on front and one inside.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Nebaj, El Quiche
Culture or time period:
Ixil
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk (floss)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jackets (short coats)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1940s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 37 centimeters and length 59 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES:Treadle-loomed with cotton yarns. Colors are red, (predominant), and blue(striped). Rickrack trim on all edges of garment and designs on pockets, sleeves and back. Silk floss embroidery. Iconography is geometric, possibly abstracted animals. CONTEXT OF USE: Tape tag attached inscribed "#50, $10." Rickrack trim used for designs around pockets, sleeves and on back of jacket. For the Kaqchikel speakers of Sololá, the abstracted bat motif is used on the men's jackets. There is a similarity in iconography to this example. The motif is illustrated in O'Neale 1945 (Fig 54 Q). Linda Greene collected a contemporary jacket in 1991. Blue and white commercial cloth is used to face the collar, bottom and sleeves. This style is also used in Cotzal and Chajul for ceremonies (Arriola de Geng). CONSERVATION:Good. Hole in collar. Cuffs, pocket trim and button openings are frayed. Cloth faded in places throughout body of jacket.