VINTAGE TRADITIONAL CHAJUL MAYAN HAND WOVEN HUIPIL NR

VINTAGE TRADITIONAL CHAJUL MAYAN HAND WOVEN HUIPIL NR

Start price	48.99 USD
Current price	48.99 USD
Start time	06/18/2008
End time	06/25/2008
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a.imagelink {color:#0000FF;} a:hover.imagelink {color:#0000FF;} a:visited.imagelink {color:#800080;} a.imagelink img.auctionimage { border: 2px solid #0000FF; } a:visited.imagelink img.auctionimage { border: 2px solid #800080; }  VINTAGE TRADITIONAL CHAJUL MAYAN HAND WOVEN HUIPIL NR* a.imagelink {color:#ffffff;} a:hover.imagelink {color:#ffffff;} a:visited.imagelink {color:#a7a7a7;} a.imagelink img.auctionimage { border: 2px solid #ffffff; } a:visited.imagelink img.auctionimage { border: 2px solid #a7a7a7; } WELL HUNG - ART & COLLECTABLES  A MAYAN EXPERIENCE HUIPILSTHREADS OF TRADITIONWEAVINGGENERATIONSTOGETHER      VINTAGE COLLECTOR QUALITY  HAND WOVEN - COTTON WOOL IS ALSO USING AT TIMES IN THE WEAVING OF HUIPILS HUIPIL  ( WEE - PEEL  )A WONDERFUL TRADITIONAL HUIPIL  THIS BLOUSE IS BARBARIC - SPECTACULAR AND MOST ATTRACTIVE COVERED IN GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS AND STRANGE FIGURES OF BIRDS AND ANIMALS ON A DARK BROWNA VERY BEAUTIFUL AND TRADITIONAL HUIPIL FROM THIS VILLAGETHE HUIPILS FROM THE THREE VILLAGE OF THE IXIL TRIANGLE - CHAJUL - NEBAJ & COTZAL  THE ONLY PLACE IN GUATEMALA WHERE THE IXIL LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN    DEMAND ATTENTIONTHERE IS A GENIUS TO THEM THAT DEFIES DESCRIPTIONTHEY TELL A STORY BOTH ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY IN WHICH FIGURES APPEAR - DANCE AND DISAPPEARTHE HUIPILS ARE MORE THAN CLOTHING - MORE THAN A COSTUMETHEY REVEAL THE PSYCHIC OF A WHOLE PEOPLE - THE COLLECTIVE WORK OF THOUSANDS OF WEAVERS AND SCRIBES  SELLING IN THE MARKET PLACES FOR $100 - $1000  THIS IS NOT A MACHINE MADE FOR THE TOURIST MARKET HUIPIL BEING SOLD IN MANY PLACES MAYA INDIAN GUATEMALAFROM THE  EL QUICHE  REGION OF GUATEMALAREPRESENTING THE VILLAGE OF CHAJUL"  KINDLING  PINE  " FROM THE MAYA  IXIL   MY WIFE AND I HAVE THE GREAT HONOUR OF BECOMING FRIENDS WITH  MASTER WEAVER  AMALIA AND HER FAMILYSHE IS FROM THE CHIMALTENANGO REGION OF GUATEMALASHE HAS ALLOWED USE TO SHARE SOME OF HER PERSONAL CREATIONS FROM HER OWN COLLECTION OF OUTSTANDING HUIPILS THAT SHE AND HER FRIENDS HAVE HAND WOVEN ON A BACK STRAP LOOM AND WORNTHE MASTER WEAVERS ARE THE SERVANTS OF THE SAINTS, WHO CARE FOR AND STUDY THE OLDEST HUIPILS AND BECOME THE RECOGNIZED SCHOLARS OF THEIR WEAVING TRADITION.THESE ARE COLLECTOR QUALITY AND RANGE IN AGE FROM 1 TO 15 YEARS OLD AND THE VINTAGE HUIPILS ARE FROM 15 TO 50 YEARS OLD AND OLDERUNLIKE HUIPILS MADE TODAY FOR THE TOURIST TRADE WITH MACHINES THESE ARE HAND WOVEN USING TRADITIONAL COTTON THREADS ON A HAND HELD OR BACK STRAP LOOM. IT CAN TAKES MONTHS TO PRODUCE ONE HUIPILTHE SIDE SEAMS ARE EITHER LEFT OPEN OR SEWN UP JUST ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ARM OPENINGS. WHICH MAKES THE HUIPIL EASY TO ENLARGE THE ARM  AND NECK OPENING IT IS TO BE WORN OR OPENED FOR DISPLAYHUIPILS ARE WORN AS A BLOUSE TUCKED IN OR AS AN OUTER PONCHOHUIPILS FROM THE LOWLAND REGIONS ARE MADE FROM A LIGHTER COTTON BECAUSE OF THE HEAT AND THE BACK AND FRONT PANELS ARE GENERALLY WOVEN TOGETHER WITH ARM HOLES. THE WEAVING CAN EASILY BE OPENEDHUIPILS FROM THE HIGHLAND REGIONS ARE MADE FROM A HEAVIER COTTON FOR WARMTH AND THE FRONT AND BACK PANELS GENERALLY ARE LEFT OPENCOLLECTORS TODAY USE INNOVATIVE METHODS TO DISPLAY THERE COLLECTIONS SUCH AS - WALL HANGINGS - TABLE OR FURNITURE COVERINGS OR FRAMED WITH THE NECK OPENING USED TO DISPLAY PAINTINGS OR PICTURES  ETC.HUIPILSHUIPIL ( WEE - PEEL )   IS A SPANISH TERM FOR A MAYAN WOMAN'S BLOUSE - IT IS THE MOST PERSONAL, COMMUNICATIVE AND SIGNIFICANT PART OF HER TRAGE OR COSTUME, AND THE GREATEST FORM OF THE MAYAN CULTURE'S WEAVING HERITAGEIT IS USED TO IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC VILLAGE OF THE WEARER - SOMETIMES HER SOCIAL. MARITAL STATUS, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, WEALTH, AUTHORITY AND INDIVIDUALITYIN THE MID 1960'S THERE WERE OVER 200 DIFFERENT TRAGE STYLES IN GUATEMALA. UNFORTUNATELY TODAY THIS NUMBER HAS GREATLY DECLINED. EACH VILLAGE HAS ITS OWN STYLE AND COLORSWELL WOVEN TRAGES ( HUIPILS ) ARE VERSATILE AND DURABLE. THIS CREATES AN EXCELLENT CHANCE FOR A COLLECTOR TO OWN A PIECE OF MAYA CULTURE AND HISTORYTHE WIDTH AND LENGHT OF THE HUIPIL ARE DEPENDENT ON ITS AGE, REGIONAL PREFERENCES, LOOM WIDTH AND OCCASION FOR WHICH IT IS WORNA HUIPIL REPRESENTS THE EXPRESSION AND PRIDE AMOUNG THE MAYA.MAYA WEAVINGACCORDING TO MAYA QUICHE MYTHOLOGY OF THE NEW EMPIRE  -  AD  987  TO  1697  ON OUR CALENDAR. IXCHEL, THE MOON GODDESS, CONSORT OF ITZAMAN, THE SUN GOD, WAS THE PATRON OF WEAVING. THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN AND MOON GODS, IXCHEBEL YAX, IS THE PATRON OF BROCADING AND EMBROIDEREYTHE MAYA TODAY WEAVES THE FINEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL TEXTILES ON A HIP OR BACK - STRAP LOOM AND SOMETIMES A FOOT LOOMWHILE THE DESIGNS ON THE WEAVING APPEAR TO BE EMBROIDERED IN MOST THEY ARE ACTUALLY CREATED AS THE FABRIC IS WOVENTHIS TECHNIQUE USES 3 TYPES OF BROCADING1.  SINGLE FACED  -  PATTERN IS VISABLE ONLY ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE WEAVING. REVERSE SIDE SHOWS ONLY THE PLAIN GROUND WEAVE2.  TWO FACED  -  THE INVERSE IMAGE OF THE BROCDED PATTERN ON THE FRONT APPEARS ON THE BACK OF THE WEAVING3.  DOUBLE FACED  -  THE MOST COMPLICATED AND HIGHLY VALUED  -  THE PATTERN IS VISABLE ON THE BACK AND FRONT OF THE WEAVINGCONTEMPORARY DESIGNS HAVE 4 BASIC FORMS1. - DIAMONDS  -  WHICH SYMBOLIZE THE EARTH AND SKY AS A UNITY2. - UNDULATING FORMS  -  LIKE SNAKES - WHICH SYMBOLIZE THE FERTILE EARTH3. - FORMS WITH 3 VERTICAL LINES  -  WHICH SYMBOLIZE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD - THE COMMUNITY - AND ITS HISTORY4. - FIGURES  -  SUCH AS TOADS ( THE MUSICIANS OF THE RAIN ) - BIRDS - ANIMALS - PATRON SAINTS - ETC.HUIPILS OF COLLECTOR QUALITY TODAY DEMAND A PRICE BETWEEN $300 TO $1000 SIZE:WIDTH  -  34 "LENGTH FROM SHOULDER TO BOTTOM  -   24 "CONDITION:IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION BECAUSE OF AGE AND USE THERE MAY BE SLIGHT WEAR AND FADING. AS WITH ANY HAND MADE ITEM THERE MAY BE SOME NATURAL IMPERFECTIONS. 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