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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-59, described as Woman’s shirt (huipil); white cotton; plain weave; upper portion green cotton, basket weave; sewn to lower portion; multicolored brocading in silk, cotton and wool; approximately 1 m wide, 1 m 18 cm long
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-145, described as Guipil (Brown cotton with some white weft stripes. Brocaded in red and orange cotton. Dark blue applique work at neck.) For the color red, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is madder. For the color pink the fiber is silk and the dye result is probable synthetic.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29596, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading, cotton. Three pieces, hand-stitched. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed by hand. (40 cm X 83 cm)
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29594, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Single faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces joined by machine, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and faced with manta. (43 cm X 94 cm) Multicolored.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29591, described as Huipil/blouse: Backstrap-loomed, white on white, plain weave,. Two-faced supp. weft brocading, cotton singles white. Three pieces hand-stitched together, all end selvedges loom-finished,. Head hole not cut out. (96 cm. X 99.5 cm).
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29595, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Single faced supp. weft brocading, Cotton, singles, white with red, lavender and green. Three pieces; end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out, faced with manta and hand stitched. (38 cm. X 99 cm) Head hole stitched by hand, then patched with commercial cotton, two tucks on pieces.
Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 9-21552, described as Man’s robe; off-white, sleeveless robe. Twill weave; gold supplemental weft designs and braid along front opening, shoulders and armholes; 3 stripes of gold near center of each front; 52.5 cm x 15.75 cm gold chevron with flame-like extensions ending in leaf-like sahpeas at shoulders; supplemental weft gold stripe extending 32 cm from shoulder; 15 cm gold stripe under each armhole; back covered with similar shapes as front; 59 cm x 69.5 cm central panel; 2 9 cm x 48 cm shapes on side of center panel; hem of back has 61 cm x 28.5 cm gold flame-like extensions ending with leaf-like shapes; special braiding around neck edge; paper interfacing on back neckline
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-21494, described as Sari; plain weave, double warps, single wefts; blue-red background with tiny yellow and light orange checks with scattered 2 faced discontinuous supplement weft motifs in white; selvage border stripes (from outside in) in dark red, bordered by alatenating narrow gold-red stripes, white red, narrow gold, pale yellow and blue stipes. 6.5 cm wide blue-green weft stripe at one end with solitary gold stripe bordered by tiny supplemental warp geometric motifs, white on one side, black on the other side. Two weft-faced light yellow stripes with tiny green checks, two narrow yellow-green check stripes with white motifs in between at other end; 1.5cm area of unwoven warp followed by woven section at both wrapdown
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-21557, described as Sari; L=540 cm x W=123 cm; 8 cm fringe knottted in bunches; magenta and turquoise ikat dyed; wide border is solid magenta; design of stepped diamonds surrounding squares; smaller yellow stepped diamonds and stepped “X”s; white stepped outlines around all designs. Note: botton and top edges of warp dyeing do not match endding of weft ikat pattern area ; 2.25 cm wide warp stripe is darger magenta.
Hearst Museum object titled Sari; textile, accession number 9-21499, described as Sari; Red orange with narrow selvages and broad blue green border at one end; selvadge are blue green with whire and yellow supplementary warp patterning of floral like circular motifs and chevrons; blue green weft forms small repeated geometric patterns in interlocking tapestry; discontinuous weft along edge of red body; broad pattern area at one end includes narrow supplementary weft stripes in white and yello, and 3 weft ikat stripes of multicolored floral motifs as well as narrow weft ikat stripes of multicolored spots and/or grey green spots, and narrow off white weft stripes; at sides of floral ikat (on back of cloth to narrow and correct registration of motifs); opposing end of cloth has narrow stripe of red weft; selvedge to selvedge with three narrow white weft stripes; warp ends cut at both sides. L= ? x W=114

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