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Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29993, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; end selvages loom-finished. 60 cm x 66 cm. Native name and meaning: Tzute de Mujer/ Woman's multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 12 singles in red; two-ply in purpose, yellow, green, lavender, and black/white (fake jaspe). Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated it to the Museum in 1991. Multicolored width of warp stripes punctuated by "fake jaspes"; some weft knots and exposed wefts protrude out from the otherwise completely covered wefts; selvages show red-weft as wrap stitch. Purchased between 1980-1985 (Hun). A fake jaspe effect occurs when black and white yarns are twisted together and used as a weft (Schevill).
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-30000, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp -predominant plain weave; two faced supp. weft brocading; two pieces joined with randa; end selvages loom-finished. 91.5 cm x 91.5 cm. Cotton hand spun singles in white; 2 singles in red; cotton: 6 singles in yellow, green and red. The red wefts and warps on one end are used as a wrap stitch along three edges as a decorative element; a central band of red occurs on each side of the randa joining the two pieces the stars and butterflies are evenly spaced on the plaid background. Copy of a 1910 servilleta purchased in Santa Maria per collector Miguel Hun. By the time this textile was purchased, there was no hand spinning in this town; perhaps the weaver saved this yarn for creating an older style piece per M. Schevill.
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29973, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; ends cut and finished off with embroidery; fringe at each end is added on and approximately 8" long. Fringe is multicolored, although each section of color is plied together to create monochrome strands; these strands are then knotted at the ends. 146.5 cm x 6.5 cm. Native name/meaning: faja mujer/woman's belt. Materials, techniques: Wool: 2 singles in black, 1 two-ply in black and white. Embroidery: silk floss in blue, gold, orange, peach, purple, and pink, Context of use: This kind of black and white striped belt is woven in Chichicastenango and other highland towns but is adapted to local styles in other towns. This is done by using specific iconography, in this case worms. The fringe is multicolored two-ply cotton, twisted and knotted and is attached to ends of belt via hand-stitching. A similar style of belt is used in Santo Domingo Xenacoj. (Schevill:60). Iconography consists of worms ("gusanos") and vertical stripes.
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29989, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; two pieces joined with hand stitching; all four selvages loom-finished. 123 cm x 115.5 cm. Native name and meaning: Tzute/Multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 4 singles, red; 1 two-ply in red, light and dark brown, light and dark green, blue, purple, yellow, and orange; 8 two-ply in brown, light and dark blue, yellow, green, red, orange, and purple. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated it the museum in 1991. Multicolored warp stripes of varying width on two pieces; large animal motifs of supp. weft at both bottom corners. Iconography consists of: thorned arch, roosters and tree-of-life.

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