Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece, sides joined by hand sewing, all selvedges loom-finished. Head-hole cut out with hand embroidered finish.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Rabinal, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Rabinal, Baja Verapaz,
Culture or time period:
AchÃ
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 55.5 centimeters and length 52 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed with cotton yarns: singles dark blue; two 2 ply light blue, pink, yellow, green; supplementary weft cotton 2 ply. CONTEXT OF USE: Possibly San Miguel Chicaj (Pancake). I conography: abstract zigzag patterns, done at armcyes and across front and back chest area. Textile is dark blue with narrow stripes of yellow, pink, light blue and green. These warp stripes are woven of finer yarns than the background yarns. (dark blue)-- possibly commercial yarns, i.e. crewel or perle cotton? CONSERVATION: Excellent