ACW 6 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4798
Object count:
1
Description:
Huipil, Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection date:
July 16, 2009
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Huipils
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
April 8, 2016
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 79 centimeters and length 61 centimeters
Comment:
Woven by Brenda Matzar Pérez, the niece of Bertina Lopez Cumez, both of SCP. Purchased at the home of Bertina’s mother in SCP on July 16, 2009. 2 paper tags at back neckline: (removed) —“ACW #6” —“Huipil, Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala. Made by the niece,Brenda Matzar Pérez , of my weaving teacher, Bertina Lopez Cumez, and purchased at the home of Bertina’s mother in Santa Catarina Palopó on July 16, 2009, by AC Wilson. Price given in U.S. dollars = $50. Brenda = ~14 yrs old." 3 panels, 3selvage cloth. Cut warp ends at one end. Decorative black stitching at armholes & neckline. Plain weave. Warps predominantly blue with thin black warp stripes. Dense singlefaced supplementary welt patterning, predominantly blue & green.