GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Modern Maya religious practice generally blends pre-Hispanic rituals and beliefs with Spanish Catholicism introduced after the 16th century. Particular Catholic saints are venerated in each Maya community and cared for by a local religious brotherhood, or cofradía. Miniature Maya vestments are often made as tribute for statues of the saints. The clothing may include shirts, headcloths, and tunic-like blouses, or huipiles. These huipiles were dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary.
These miniature huipiles demonstrate the intricately brocaded designs central to Maya textile arts. The designs reference a particular Maya community, in this case the Kaqchikel Maya from San Pedro Sacatepéquez in the department of Guatemala. The embroidery on these contemporary huipiles contrasts between traditional geometric patterns and figural forms of birds, deer, and flowers.
Excerpt from
Kimberly L. Jones, Label text, 2017, A. H. Meadows Galleries.
NOTES
Maya -- Kaqchikel, inscribed 1929 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 03/14/16, 12/08/16, and 12/09/16.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Maya: AAT: 300017826
Native Highland Mexican and Guatemalan styles: AAT: 300017825
Kaqchikel (Kachiquel) Maya (Native Highland Mexican and Guatemalan styles): DMA
Geography
Guatemala (nation): TGN: 7005493
Guatemala (department): TGN: 1000621
San Juan Sacatepéquez (inhabited place): TGN: 1016706
Process/materials
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
cotton (fiber): AAT: 300183670
silk (textile): AAT: 300243428
weaving: AAT: 300053642
embroidering: AAT: 300053653
warp: AAT: 300227930
weft: AAT: 300227934
supplementary-weft (textile components/textile weaving techniques by patterning): DMA
supplementary warp (warp patterning): AAT: 300228475
weft patterning (supplementary weft): AAT: 300228486
weft wrapping (techniques): AAT: 300228560
brocading (weft patterning / weaving technique): AAT: 300053648
brocade (weaving technique): AAT: 300053648
embroidery (visual works): AAT: 300264024
selvedge (textile components): AAT: 300227893
backstrap looms (textile tools): AAT: 300023507
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
textile art (visual works): AAT: 300386843
folk art (traditional art): AAT: 300056487
religious objects: AAT: 300234098
cult images (religious visual works): AAT: 300178240
cult objects (religious objects): AAT: 300178245
clothing: AAT: 30026639
blouses (main garments): AAT: 300046133
huipils (tunics / main garments): AAT: 300410449
shirts (camisas / main garments): AAT: 300212499
headcloths (headgear): AAT: 300213003
tunics (main garments): AAT: 300209869
miniature (size): AAT: 300121995
confraternities (cofradías / societies / associations): AAT: 300026016
insignias (devices / symbols): AAT: 300028725
Christianity: AAT: 300073711
Roman Catholicism (Christianity): AAT: 300073730
infants (children): AAT: 300189561
rosaries (prayer beads): AAT: 300262831
cults (group or movement): AAT: 300251847
cult of the Virgin (group or movement): DMA
cult of the saints (group or movement): DMA
Virgin of the Rosary (Madonna of the Rosary / Christian iconography): DMA
Virgin Mary (Blessed Virgin Mary / Christian figure): DMA
offering (tribute / payment / economic concepts /social science concepts): DMA
tributes (economic concepts / social science concepts): AAT: 300404872
statues: AAT: 300047600
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
deer: AAT: 300250308
plant-derived motifs: AAT: 300164599
flower (motif): AAT: 300375563
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1983: Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher (d. 2007), Dallas [1]
From 1983: Dallas Museum of Art, the Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Collection of Maya Textiles from Guatemala, gift of Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 07, 1983, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
AUDIO ASSETS
VIDEO ASSETS
IMAGE ASSETS
- 253365234: UMO. [Caption] Market vendor dressed in woman's huipil, San Juan Sacatepéquez. Source: Luisfi (own work), Wikimedia Commons, accessed: June 23, 2015, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A070625_fresas_strawberries_guatemala.JPG.
- 253365376: UMO. [Caption] Santo (statues of saints) of the Virgin of the Rosary, Guatemala, early 20th century, Fowler Museum UCLA. Source: Photo by Don Cole, Kathykpham (own work), Wikimedia Commons, accessed: June 23, 2015, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASanto%2C_Virgin_of_the_Rosary_from_Guatemala.jpg.
WEB RESOURCES
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
- Museum Records. Topical Collections 2012.022 - Publications and Printed Material, 1963-2013. ID: 02/11/2012.022. Series 1: Monographs. Sub-Series 2: Boxed. Box 3: Publications: 1986-1994. Folder 3: Maya Miniatures and Other Textiles for the Saints, 1986.
- Museum Records. Topical Collections 2012.022 - Publications and Printed Material, 1963-2013. ID: 02/11/2012.022. Series 3: Printed Material / Ephemera. Sub-Series 4: Exhibitions. Box 12: Exhibitions: 2002 - Summer 2004. Folder 16: Maya Textiles from Guatemala: Highlights of the Nasher Collection at the Dallas Musuem of Art, 22 June - 16 November 2003.
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General Description
Modern Maya religious practice generally blends pre-Hispanic rituals and beliefs with Spanish Catholicism introduced after the 16th century. Particular Catholic saints are venerated in each Maya community and cared for by a local religious brotherhood, or cofradía. Miniature Maya vestments are often made as tribute for statues of the saints. The clothing may include shirts, headcloths, and tunic-like blouses, or huipiles. These huipiles were dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary.
These miniature huipiles demonstrate the intricately brocaded designs central to Maya textile arts. The designs reference a particular Maya community, in this case the Kaqchikel Maya from San Pedro Sacatepéquez in the department of Guatemala. The embroidery on these contemporary huipiles contrasts between traditional geometric patterns and figural forms of birds, deer, and flowers.
Excerpt from
Kimberly L. Jones, Label text, 2017, A. H. Meadows Galleries.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
- Museum Records. Topical Collections 2012.022 - Publications and Printed Material, 1963-2013. ID: 02/11/2012.022. Series 1: Monographs. Sub-Series 2: Boxed. Box 3: Publications: 1986-1994. Folder 3: Maya Miniatures and Other Textiles for the Saints, 1986.
- Museum Records. Topical Collections 2012.022 - Publications and Printed Material, 1963-2013. ID: 02/11/2012.022. Series 3: Printed Material / Ephemera. Sub-Series 4: Exhibitions. Box 12: Exhibitions: 2002 - Summer 2004. Folder 16: Maya Textiles from Guatemala: Highlights of the Nasher Collection at the Dallas Musuem of Art, 22 June - 16 November 2003.
Web Resources
Notes
Maya -- Kaqchikel, inscribed 1929 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 03/14/16, 12/08/16, and 12/09/16.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Maya: AAT: 300017826
Native Highland Mexican and Guatemalan styles: AAT: 300017825
Kaqchikel (Kachiquel) Maya (Native Highland Mexican and Guatemalan styles): DMA
Geography
Guatemala (nation): TGN: 7005493
Guatemala (department): TGN: 1000621
San Juan Sacatepéquez (inhabited place): TGN: 1016706
Process/materials
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
cotton (fiber): AAT: 300183670
silk (textile): AAT: 300243428
weaving: AAT: 300053642
embroidering: AAT: 300053653
warp: AAT: 300227930
weft: AAT: 300227934
supplementary-weft (textile components/textile weaving techniques by patterning): DMA
supplementary warp (warp patterning): AAT: 300228475
weft patterning (supplementary weft): AAT: 300228486
weft wrapping (techniques): AAT: 300228560
brocading (weft patterning / weaving technique): AAT: 300053648
brocade (weaving technique): AAT: 300053648
embroidery (visual works): AAT: 300264024
selvedge (textile components): AAT: 300227893
backstrap looms (textile tools): AAT: 300023507
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
textile art (visual works): AAT: 300386843
folk art (traditional art): AAT: 300056487
religious objects: AAT: 300234098
cult images (religious visual works): AAT: 300178240
cult objects (religious objects): AAT: 300178245
clothing: AAT: 30026639
blouses (main garments): AAT: 300046133
huipils (tunics / main garments): AAT: 300410449
shirts (camisas / main garments): AAT: 300212499
headcloths (headgear): AAT: 300213003
tunics (main garments): AAT: 300209869
miniature (size): AAT: 300121995
confraternities (cofradías / societies / associations): AAT: 300026016
insignias (devices / symbols): AAT: 300028725
Christianity: AAT: 300073711
Roman Catholicism (Christianity): AAT: 300073730
infants (children): AAT: 300189561
rosaries (prayer beads): AAT: 300262831
cults (group or movement): AAT: 300251847
cult of the Virgin (group or movement): DMA
cult of the saints (group or movement): DMA
Virgin of the Rosary (Madonna of the Rosary / Christian iconography): DMA
Virgin Mary (Blessed Virgin Mary / Christian figure): DMA
offering (tribute / payment / economic concepts /social science concepts): DMA
tributes (economic concepts / social science concepts): AAT: 300404872
statues: AAT: 300047600
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
deer: AAT: 300250308
plant-derived motifs: AAT: 300164599
flower (motif): AAT: 300375563
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1983: Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher (d. 2007), Dallas [1]
From 1983: Dallas Museum of Art, the Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Collection of Maya Textiles from Guatemala, gift of Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 07, 1983, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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