Huipil, sobre

Museum number:
3-29710
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 33 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Huipil, sobre cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; San Pedro Sacatepequez
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1940s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 101 centimeters and length 63.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed. Single and two-ply cotton in white, red, lavender, violet, pale pink. Native name and meaning: Sobre (cofradia) huipil- ceremonial blouse. CONTEXT OF USE: Iconography: broken-neck bird, trees of life, peacocks, worms, coyotes, eagles, small chickens, other small figures and floral patterns. Neck was redone, formerly like the central randa; red spool yarn (carizos) used (Arriola de Geng). See also 3-29711 CONSERVATION: Heavily worn; rinforced with facing and patches.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29710, described as Huipil, sobre cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29710, described as Huipil, sobre cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29710, described as Huipil, sobre cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29710, described as Huipil, sobre cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, sobre, accession number 3-29710, described as Huipil, sobre cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front and back with randa. Sides are open, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and finished with button-hole stitch.

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