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Start Over Donor Miguel Hun Function 2.1 Daily Garb
Hearst Museum object titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29979, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave and weft-faced basket weave; one piece; warp ends looped; tassels added. 61 cm x 61 cm. Native name/meaning: servilleta/multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: cotton: 2 singles dark blue; 3 singles red and dark blue; 3 two-ply in pink, orange, green, white and lavender. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun. Servilleta has a dark blue background with thin red weft stripes; double rows of pink or green stripes alternate every one inch between 2 two-ply lavender wefts. At either warp end there are 2.25" bands of multicolored two-ply wefts in basket weave, occurring above the fringe. Blue and red tassels are .75" long, ball-like, and attached via loops to warp ends. This finish is like the finishes on servilletas from San Antonio Aguas Calientes.
Hearst Museum object titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29978, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; one piece; warps cut and twisted into strands, then strands twisted into doubles to form fringes. 109 cm x 59.5 cm. Native name/meaning: servilleta/multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: cotton: singles in black; 2 two-ply in blue, yellow, green, purple, yellow and peach; Sedalina: 3 singles in yellow. Context of use: weft stripes are multicolored and vary in width from wide to narrow in a consistent pattern repeated throughout the piece. "Slubs" in weft are also consistently occurring throughout the piece; predominately cotton with some yellow sedalina black fringe is created by twisting cut warps into strands, then twisting 2 strands together and knotting the end.

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