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Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29995, described as Treadle-loomed, twill weave; one piece; both warps and one side (wefts) selvage are cut, to create fringe. 61 cm x 25 cm. Native name and meaning: Perraje/Shawl. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 single in white, blue, and dark blue; 3 singles in red, possibly alizarin. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun, who donated it to the museum in 1991. Overall plaid appearance in "hound's tooth" design; warps and wefts on one side are knotted together and twisted into fringes. Red dye may be alizarin (Schevill). "Observe double-ikat patterning" (Hun). This is not true ikat; the twill weave with blue and white color change give the ikat effect. Iconography consists of diamonds, checker-boarded motifs create plaid.
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-30000, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp -predominant plain weave; two faced supp. weft brocading; two pieces joined with randa; end selvages loom-finished. 91.5 cm x 91.5 cm. Cotton hand spun singles in white; 2 singles in red; cotton: 6 singles in yellow, green and red. The red wefts and warps on one end are used as a wrap stitch along three edges as a decorative element; a central band of red occurs on each side of the randa joining the two pieces the stars and butterflies are evenly spaced on the plaid background. Copy of a 1910 servilleta purchased in Santa Maria per collector Miguel Hun. By the time this textile was purchased, there was no hand spinning in this town; perhaps the weaver saved this yarn for creating an older style piece per M. Schevill.

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