Chajul Huipil ---
Fun child's huipil was woven on a back-strap loom with a cotton white base.
Birds and corn designs are woven the brocade. Bought in 2013 from
Rosa.
Condition: Good
shape for a child's huipil with a few loose threads and wear. All panels
have reasonably good selvages.
PLEASE NOTE: The neck has a slit with a snap that has not been tested
for lead. Not recommended for a child to wear. Great for a wall
hanging or a collector of huipils. Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com for more details
Chajul Huipil ---
Zoomorphic bird designs woven the brocade. Single -panel child's hupil
hand-woven on a back-strap loom with "Aleman" thread, making nice
"soft texture". Base color is medium forest green.
Bought in 2015 from Ana.
Condition: Moderately good with some loose threads and
wear. One panel
edge has a reasonably good selvage, the the other less fine, but has been
reinforced . Base material has places where weave has opened a bit (not
particularly noticeable)
Chajul Huipil --- Double-headed
horses and corn Zoomorphic designs woven the brocade of this huipil.
Double -panel hupil hand-woven on a back-strap loom with "Aleman"
thread, making nice "soft texture". Base color is a turquoise
blue.
Bought in 2015 from Ana Rivera.
Condition: Moderately good with a few loose threads,
some wear and spotting. Two panels
have reasonably good selvages, others are looser that have been reinforced.
Brocade areas have a couple places where weave has opened a bit (not
particularly noticeable). Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com for more details.
Chajul Huipil --- Double-headed
horses and corn zoomorphic designs woven the brocade of this huipil.
Double -panel hupil hand-woven on a back-strap loom with "Aleman"
thread, making nice "soft texture". Base color is a medium
greyed-green.
Bought in 2015 from Ana Rivera.
Condition: Moderately good with a few loose
threads, some wear and spotting. Four panels have reasonably good
selvages witrh some openness in a couple areas (see picture). Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com for more details.
Condition: Moderately good with
some loose threads and wear. I noticed wear mostly around small head hole (I
would open and make neck large enough to fit me, and turn the existing neck
edge down and wouldn't see the wear at all). Four panels are nicely selvage
finished, some openness on the weave on one side.
Doesn't fit over my 22" head.
Chajul Huipil --- Double-headed
eagle and corn Zoomorphic designs woven the brocade of this huipil with a
nice shinny thread that Mayan women favor (pearl cotton?). Double-panel huipil
hand-woven on a back-strap loom with "Aleman" thread, making nice
"soft texture". . Base color is a medium purple.
Bought in 2015 from Ana.
Condition: Good with a few loose threads and
light wear. Two panel edges with reasonably good selvages, others
fringed. Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com for more details.
Chajul Huipil ---
Owl and corn zoomorphic designs woven the brocade of this fun huipil.
Double -panel hupil hand-woven on a back-strap loom with "Aleman"
thread, making nice "soft texture". Base color is
navy blue.
Bought in 2015 from Ana.
Condition: Moderately good with some loose threads
and wear. Four panels with reasonably good selvages. Two
panels near selvage are a bit wavy probably from uneven tightness in
original weave.,
Chajul Huipil --- Wonderful
owls zoomorphic designs woven the brocade of this huipil.. Double-panel huipil
hand-woven on a back-strap loom with "Aleman" thread, making nice
"soft texture". . Base color is a somewhat bright rose red.
Bought in 2015 from Ana.
Condition: Generally good with a some loose
threads and wear. A bit of openness (not noticeable) in a couple areas of
the brocade. Two panels
with good selvages, other two reasonably good selvages (a bit looseness). Fits over my 22"
head. Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com for more details.
Chajul Huipil --- Zoomorphic
bird (?) designs woven the brocade of this huipil.. Double-panel huipil
hand-woven on a back-strap loom with "Aleman" thread, making nice
"soft texture". . Base color is a medium mocha brown.
Bought in 2015 from Ana
Condition: Good with a few loose threads and
wear. A bit of openness (not noticeable) in a couple areas of the brocade.
Two panels
with good selvages, other 2 bit loose which have been reinforced with zigzag
stitch. Fits over my 22"
head. Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com for more details
Chajul Huipil --- Zoomorphic
serpent bird (?) and corn designs woven the brocade of this huipil..
Double-panel huipil hand-woven on a back-strap loom with "Aleman"
thread, making nice "soft texture". . Base color is a
medium muted
red.
Bought in 2015 from Ana
Condition: Good with a few loose threads and
wear. One panel edge with a good selvage, others a bit loose and have been
reinforced (some loose threads). Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com for more details
Chajul Huipil --- Zoomorphic
double-headed birds designs woven the brocade of this huipil..
Double-panel huipil hand-woven on a back-strap loom with "Aleman"
thread, making nice "soft texture". . Base color is a bright
fuchsia. Striking color combination
Bought in 2015 from Ana
Condition: Good with a few loose threads and
light wear. Four panel edges with reasonably good selvages (uneven lengths, could be
hemmed and some lightening of color along selvage). Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com for more details.
Chajul Huipil --- Double-headed
horses zoomorphic designs woven the brocade of this huipil. Double-panel huipil
hand-woven on a back-strap loom with "Aleman" thread, making nice
"soft texture". . Base color is a medium brick brown.
Click on the pictures for a close-up of the design. I don't think my
pictures due it justice.
Bought in 2015 from Ana.
Condition: Moderately good with a few loose threads
and light wear. Four panels
have reasonably good selvages (of uneven length). One small areas of
openness in the base weave within 4 inches of the selvages. Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com for more details.
Chajul Huipil --- Zoomorphic
double-headed birds (probably Eagles) designs woven the brocade of
this huipil.. Double-panel huipil hand-woven on a back-strap loom with
"Aleman" thread, making nice "soft texture". . Base color is a
light
pinkish brown with rich earth tones.
Bought in 2015 from Ana
Condition: Good with a few loose threads and
light wear. Four panel edges with good selvages (uneven lengths, could
be hemmed). Fits over my 22" head Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com for more detail
Chajul Huipil ---
Unusual color in this hand-woven on a back-strap loom with a "Aleman" soft
fuchsia base. Zoomorphic double headed bird designs woven
the brocade. Bought in 2013 from Rosa.
Condition: Good with a few loose threads, light
even fading and wear. All panels have selvages that are in good condition.
Chajul Huipil ---
Zoomorphic bird designs woven the brocade. Nice shoulder brocade.
Two-panel hupil hand-woven on a back-strap loom with a "Aleman" soft dark cherry red base. A number of threads have a bit of "brillante"
including light blue/green, purple, green, and pink. Bought in 2013 from Ana
Gaspar.
Condition: Good
with a few loose threads and wear. All
panels
have reasonably good selvages.
Chajul Huipil --- Zoomorphic
double-headed horses (?) with representative bird form woven the brocade of this huipil.. Double-panel huipil
hand-woven on a back-strap loom with "Aleman" thread, making nice
"soft texture". . Base color is a rusty red..
Bought in 2015 from Ana
Condition: Good with a some loose threads and
light wear. Four panel edges with good selvages. Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com for more details.
Chajul Huipil --- Interesting
horse design woven into the brocade. Often Chajul horse designs have birds
on their back - in this hupil the form on the back could either be a bird or
a second head depending on how you look at it. Two-panel hupil hand-woven on
a back-strap loom with rich green base. Some threads have some "brillante"
including red, yellow and dark green.Bought in 2013 from Maria.
Condition: Moderately good with some loose
threads and wear. Panels are selvage finished with some looseness in the
weave of weave of two panels. Fits over my 22" head. Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com for more details.
Chajul Huipil --- Zoomorphic
double headed bird designs woven the brocade. Fun birds on the arm
band. A number of threads have a bit of "brillante" including light
blue/green, black, rose and dark green. Two-panel hupil hand-woven on a
back-strap loom with a "Aleman" soft burgundy red base.
Bought in 2013 from Ana Gaspar.
Condition: Good with a few loose threads and
wear. Two
panels
have reasonably good selvages, others have fringe.
Chajul Huipil ---
A few sparkly threads in
the brocaded horses of this huipil.. It's traditional 2-panels were
made on a back-strap loom. Panel ends are selvage finished with some
wear. Base material is a rich wine red and is soft and relatively evenly
worn. Sides seams are open, so can be
used as a poncho or easily seamed together. Overall condition:
fair used. Note damage and reinforcement in closeup of neck below.
Otherwise moderately good with light spotting and wear.
Chajul Huipil --- Fun
zoomorphic bird designs woven the brocade of this huipil.
Double-panel huipil hand-woven on a back-strap loom with "Aleman"
thread, making nice "soft texture". . Base color is a medium grey.
Bought in 2015 from Ana Rivera
Condition: Good with a few loose threads, wear
and light spotting. Four panels
with good selvages, a bit uneven (could be hemmed to even out). Fits over my 22"
head. Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com for more details
To my knowledge most Chajul huipils I find are daily use
huipils. The one distinct style is the Matrimonial Huipil that
some women tell me is also used by the confradia.
Geomorphic Design
Elements and Symbols
Horses and Horses with birds on back
Song Birds, Chickens (?), Hummingbirds....
Double Headed Eagles and other Birds
Corn (and birdsnd birds)
Notes on Thread and
Condition
THREAD --- I believe most of the chajul huipils
I buy are what Mayan women call "Alemen". It is a softer fine thread
that has also been preferred in Patzun.
While the Mayan women consistently tell me the "Alemen" is a fine
cotton thread, I am confused. Marilyn Anderson (1978) said that
"Aleman" was a brand of red rayon thread that was imported from Germany and
appeared to be no longer available.
I prefer to buy the "Aleman" huipils to the newer huipils that often have
synthetic threads, probably acrylic, for their base material.
Its harder to figure out what the thread used in
the brocade may be. Depending on the Huipil it may be cotton, a
synthetic thread or some combination of both. Increasing there is a
bit of what the weavers call "brillante", a type thread with of
metalic/plastic strand twined with cotton in the thread used to give a a
little special shine or brilliance to the design of the brocade.
Usually only a few of the embroidery threads in the huipil are of this type.
If the huipil includes "brillante" I have tried to indicate which colors
have this type of thread.
CONDITION - Condition is somewhat a
personal consideration. I try to describe condition as best I
can to help you evaluate the huipil. I encourage you to click on
the small pictures to get a better view. Unless noted all the huipils
I buy are handmade on a back-strap loom and "used", thus artistic, unique
and "not quite perfect". If you are a perfectionist relative to
condition probably look at ones in excellent or very good condition or "new"
or "like new". If you are like me and just like beautiful
huipils at reasonable value - good to moderately/reasonably good will
probably work for you. Lower cost huipils are likely to be fair to
poor condition. "Fairly good" are in-between.
I usually write my condition notes first, based on the descriptive terms
that naturally come to mind. This is my attempt to clarify
what I probably meant when I wrote these terms. I usually take into
account age of the huipil and whether it was a child's huipil when
describing condition. For example a huipil woven 25 years ago or a
3-year old child's huipil might be expected to have more wear than a woman's
huipil that is only 5 years old.
Excellent --- Very little
wear. Used huipil in exceptional condition, Probably not
worn many times or a cherished piece that someone took very good
care of.
Very Good --- Light wear, no
significant flaws.
Good --- Might have light
wear, maybe a few loose threads or light fading or very minor
spotting. ---- but nothing that bothers me.
Generally Good --- would be
good except for noted condition(s).
Moderately or Reasonably Good
--- Maybe some wear, loose threads, light fading or a spot or two..
Salvages may have some looseness. This huipil was probably used on a
daily basis and shows wear, but was reasonably well taken care of.
Fairly Good --- Some flaws and
wear.
Fair --- Conditional
problems as noted or considerable wear.
Poor --- Major conditional
problems or significant wear.
I generally use terms like "fine", "nice",
to describe the quality of the original work or design rather than the
current condition of the huipil.
Fitting
Tips --- Huipils were traditionally made on a loom. Thus they are made of rectangular pieces
and are not intended to be a fitted garment. The width of the garment should be
considerably larger (at least 25 to 33%) than the shoulders of the wearer.
Think about room to grow too! Mayan women often put tucks in a huipil's shoulder
then remove them as a child grows.
Neck and head hole openings
on Huipils are often small. Note that we can not
guarantee that the neck size of a Huipil fits you and your child.
If you want to wear some huipils you may have to open the neck opening and
lightly stitch it. This is especially true of
Huipils that have been woven on a back-strap
loom. Please check your neck and head measurements
carefully!!!
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