Collection place: Totonicapán Department, Guatemala / Collector: Miguel Hun / Function: 2.1 Daily Garb - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Faja, hombre, accession number 3-29972, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; warp ends cut; fringe at each end created by twisting cut warps (fringe is 7" long). 132 cm x 7.5 cm. Native name/meaning: faja, hombre/man's belt. Materials, techniques: Wool: 1 two-ply in brown and white (white very soiled and looks tan). Embroidery in cotton: 3 singles dark blue and 6 two-ply in green. Context of use: At either end of this piece, there is darning with dark blue over the tear and green cotton stitching in double rows across end before fringe. Alternating brown and white narrow warp stripes are turned into the fringe at each end due to the cut warps. Additional white wool is introduced into the white warps at fringe ends (this wool is 2 two-ply). The cut warp ends are twisted and knotted into monochrome fringes, alternating like the stripes in white and brown tassels.

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 3-29971, described as Handband-loomed, weft-faced plain and tapestry weaves; one piece; warps cut; one 23" tassel at each end. 99 cm x 3 cm. Native name/meaning: Cinta/headband. Materials, techniques: Cotton: singles in white; Artisela (artificial silk): singles in black, yellow, purple, white, blue, pink, gold, grey, maroon, peach. Context of use: Alternating bands of geometric designs including rabbits, birds, "senoritas," zigzags, stylized florals, chevrons and horizontal stripes are repeated. Eccentric weft technique creates the rounded figures (Schevill:127). Warps have been cut and brought through a hollow corn cobb that is covered with cut tufts of artisela. Sisal warps of fringe are wrapped with artisela in a series of "figure 8s" with a cluster of silk at center; these are attached to braids of silk at the fringe ends.

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.