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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30007, described as Backstrap-loomed, plain weave; single and two-faced supp. weft brocading; two pieces joined with hand stitching. One end has cut warps that are hand hemmed; other warp end is loom-finished. Head hole is slit. 56 cm x 77.5 cm. Cotton: 2 ply in black; Mercerized cotton: 3 two-ply in pink magenta, purple, green, yellow, white, red and blue. Supp. weft is densely woven throughout piece, woven in geometric iconography. Band of plain black cotton at bottom (ground fabric).
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30008, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; two pieces, joined with hand stitching; ends loom-finished; slit head hole. 64.5 cm x 87.5 cm. Cotton: 2 two-ply white. 2 two-ply in green, black and purple. Woven by Isabel Quitz of Tecpan for sale in San Martin Jilotepeque and locally in Tecpan. Part of a woman's complete traje from this town.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30006, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supporting weft brocading; two pieces joined with hand stitching; one end loom-finished, other end has warps cut and hand hemmed; head hole slit unfinished. 38 cm x 58.5 cm. Cotton: 1 two-ply in black. Mercerized cotton: 3 two-ply in brown, green, aqua, maroon, orange, purple, white, red, light and dark pink, light and dark green, light and dark blue, yellow and lavender. This chi'd's huipil is unfinished; the head hole slit has not been opened. Rows of multicolored supporting weft brocading are evenly spaced throughout the whole piece Iconography consists of geometric motifs.

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