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Start Over Donor Margot Blum Schevill
Hearst Museum object titled Hammock, accession number 3-29966, described as Knotless nettings. 33 cm x 13 cm. Native name/meaning: hamaca, muneca/hammock, doll's. Materials, techniques: Cotton, two-ply n light blue, red, yellow, pink, dark blue. Context of use: Purchased in mercado artesanias in Guatemala City for $2.25. Multicolored yarns are twisted and netted into a small hammock; the arms are single two-ply yarns of dark blue looped through the end of the stripes making up the netted "sprang-like" body of the hammock and brought together at either end. There they are wrapped with another dark blue yarn from where the hammock is hung; on either end is a pink and blue tie.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29963, described as huipile, ceremonial, Quezaltenango
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29964, described as huipil, heavy woven cotton, white. Heavily embroidered around the neckline with figures of animals in brilliant colours. Two strips of cloth stitched together vertically. No hemming, no side seams. Embroidered with two smaller animal and flower motifs at the sides where armholes would be. The center seam appears to be machine stitched.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 2-71415, described as Ceramic, globular (called "bubble pot"), red-brown clay. Rim decoration of raised, inverted arcs. Slight fireclouds. Semi-burnished. Post-fired glaze of pinon pitch. Flat bottom has felt pen initials "LB" and dealer's white label "E/LB 29.-".
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Jug, accession number 2-71560, described as With handle. Coiled ceramic, ochre/tan with large black fire clouds. Applique biyo (incised like coil) around throat. Post-firing pinon pine pitch glaze.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mud toy, accession number 2-71423, described as Fired mud horse toy with 2 riders. Horse painted white with white wool mane and tail, black leather bridle and reins, red painted horse blanket tassels. Brown clay applique Spanish type saddle. 'Father' rider has black fiber hair in traditional style, brown hat and boots, blue shirt/jeans. Light blue paint represents turquoise necklace, bracelet, belt. 'Child' figure has brown traditional hair, yellow shirt, red pants, brown boots.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mud toy, accession number 2-71421, described as Fired mud sheep toy painted white with black painted eye and nostril dots. Feet are slit on the underside. Animal is enveloped in natural colored, unspun, carded wool fibers ('Roving') giving genuine appearance of sheep's coat.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mud toy, accession number 2-71422, described as Fired mud sheep toy, painted black with white painted eye and nostril dots. Feet are slit on the underside. Animal is enveloped in natural colored, unspun, carded wool fiber ('Roving') giving genuine appearance of sheep's coat, with green tinge on right side.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mud toy, accession number 2-71424, described as Crocodile type animal (tapered tail, bull neck) with rider. Animal is green with pink underside and pink spots on the ramainder of body. Slit mouth, black painted eye and nostril dots. Rider with black hat, boots, belt, hands and hair. Peach shirt, yellow pants. Paint not carefully applied.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-71547, described as Coiled ceramic, smoothed to matt sheen, bubble-pot shaped bowl with short stem, light color with dark fire clouds. No post-firing glaze.

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