Collection place: Sololá Department, Guatemala / Function: 2.1 Daily Garb - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 3-28213, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Belt Materials: Cotton, Technique: Warp faced plain weave, Colors: Blue and yellow warp stripes Dimensions: 33 x 1 3/8 " Remarks: ]

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 Belt, accession number 3-29426, described as Belt, cotton, multi-colored with red and dark green predominate, geometric linear design combined with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figures, warp braided at each end. Length 224.0 cm, width 8.0 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28233, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Belt Materials: Cotton Technique: Warp faced Colors: Warp striped, red, green, white, yellow Dimensions: 73 x 7 3/8 " Remarks: See Fig 122j Textiles of Highland Guatemala LMO ]

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 3-29192, described as Blanket for wearing; black and white checked wool field, white wool with self fringe at ends; five rows of varicolored wool embroidered bands over ends of field; 52 x 112 cm. Called rodillera, worn by men over shorts or trousers.

Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-29911, described as Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces of cloth joined front, back, and sleeve ends by hand-stitching; one end selvedge loom-finished, other end warps cut and hand-hemmed; birds, V's, and inverted V's, cone-shaped designs; 91.5 cm X 85 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Blouse scrap, accession number 3-28290, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Blouse scrap Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave,warps unwoven for space at one end, 3 embroidered spots Colors: White ground, magenta, orange designs, stripes Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 11" Remarks: Geometric motives? ]

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 3-28295, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Baby's cap, Materials: Cotton, Technique: Plain weave, Colors:Red ground varicolored stripes Dimensions:12 x 10 " Remarks: ]

Hearst Museum object titled Child's huipil, accession number 3-32164, described as Child's huipil One piece of back-strap loom woven cotton, design being predominant red and white warp stripes. There is a prominent stripe across the chest of "bowtie" shaped figures in single sided supplementary weft with an appliqued black velvet emblem in the center. Two thirds of the huipil has stripes of supplementary weft of birds and other figures on multicolored cotton thread. There are black velvet triangles appliqued at the shoulders and at the neckline. The round neckline is cut out and interfaced with commercial blue fabric and machine sewn to the piece. One end warp is cut and left fringed and the other end the hem is rolled and sewn by a machine.

Hearst Museum object titled Corte, accession number 3-29969, described as Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave; two pieces; warps cut and joined together with hand-stitched randa. 121 cm x 108 cm. Native name/meaning: corte/skirt. Materials, techniques: cotton: singles in white and dark blue, possible indigo. Context of use: Purchased in Nahuala for $10.00 and donated by Margot Schevill in 1992. Two pieces of equal size dark blue cotton, possibly indigo-dyed yarn, are joined horizontally and vertically by mulitcolored randa. These randas form a cross at their intersection. Thin lines of white weft interrupt the blue background. Overall a heavy texture to this textile. Purchased and donated by Margot Schevill.

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