Collection place: Sololá Department, Guatemala / Accession number: Acc.4518 / Function: 2.1 Daily Garb - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-29982, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; warps ends cut and uncut creating a 7" fringe on each end;cut warp fringe is knotted in places. 300 cm x 18 cm. Native name/meaning: faja hombre/man's sash. Materials, techniques: cotton: 3 singles, red; 2 two-ply in red and blue. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun in the 1980s (faja woven in 1985) and donated to the museum in 1991. Knots in red wefts appear on both sides of this piece. Parallel thin blue warp stripes evenly spaced on red background; cut fringe end is knotted. Present from Nimakachi family (Hun).

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29988, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; warp-faced plain weave; double-faced supp. weft brocading; four pieces joined with hand-stitching; one end loom-finished, other three warps are cut; neckline is gathered at back and collar attached with hand-stitching; slit opening for head hole; sleeves set in. 85 cm x 71 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 singles in black, blue, yellow, and jaspe blue/white; 3 singles in blue; silk floss in white, yellow, magenta, blue, purple, light green. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun, who donated it the museum in 1991. Body of this huipil is predominately blue with multicolored warp stripes of varying widths. Sleeves are red background with multicolored stripes, including jaspe. Typical construction for this town. Stars are double-faced supp. weft brocading or could be embroidered, as are the bands along the shoulder seams.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29987, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced support weft brocading; three pieces joined together with hand-stitching; 2 end selvages loom-finished; other 4 are cut warps that create fringe; headhole cut out and finished with hand stitching. 77.5 cm x 74 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Woman's Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 3 singles, red; 1 two-ply white, white, orange, green, pink, aqua, brown and maroon. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun, and donated to the Museum in 1991. Upper half of this textile is dominated by support weft brocading in dense, bright acrylic yarns; bottom half has red and white vertical stripes on sides lienzos, white central lienzo has thinner yellow/white/red stripes. Lienzos are joined by hand-stitching on the wrong side of the Huipil manufactured n 1983. Iconography consists of crosses, starts, geometrics, and vertical stripes.