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Unknown Maker, Guatemalan

Huipil

Maker

Unknown Maker, Guatemalan

Culture

Guatemalan, K'iche Maya

Title

Huipil

Year

before 1917

Medium

  • Treadle-loom-woven cotton plain weave with plain weave with supplementary weft patterning and embroidered seams and neckline

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Treadle-loom-woven cotton plain weave with plain weave with supplementary weft patterning and embroidered seams and neckline

Materials

cotton

Geography

Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala; Place Made: Guatemala; Place Made: Quetzaltenango, Department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Dimensions

Length: 106.7 cm (42 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Barbara Deering Danielson

Object Number

82.308.24A

Type

  • Costume

Exhibition History

From the Loom of a Goddess
Reverberations of Guatemalan Mayan Weaving
Feb 23, 2018 – Aug 19, 2018

Label copy

The three-panel huipil, with embroidered seams and neckline, features a red central band with star motifs. A deeper red dominates the adjacent unstitched huipil length featuring alternating bands of diamonds and birds with spread tail feathers; the color combination of red, white, and yellow represents the sacred rainy season and fertility. Birds also face each other in the yellow and blue wide huipil length.

El huipil de tres paneles, con costuras bordadas y escote, presenta una banda central roja con motivos de estrellas. Un rojo más profundo domina la longitud adyacente del huipil sin costuras alternando bandas de diamantes y pájaros con las plumas de la cola extendidas; la combinación de los colores rojo, blanco y amarillo representa la temporada sagrada de lluvia y la fertilidad. Las aves también se enfrentan en la longitud amarilla y azul del huipil.

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Unknown Maker, Guatemalan
Huipil, before 1917
Treadle-loom-woven cotton plain weave with plain weave with supplementary weft patterning and embroidered seams and neckline
Length: 106.7 cm (42 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Barbara Deering Danielson 82.308.24A

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