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Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-30232, described as RGM blouse (?), 34" by 37 inches from shoulder to lower edge; reverse of material shows stripes of purple and white; right side of material is covered with rows of abstract designs in bands of gold, blue, red, turquoise, pink, green, etc. from bottom up; neck is finished in satin (?) with 2 birds embroidered on front and back.
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-30231, described as RGM unfinished blouse with side seams sewn, but neck not cut out; blouse measures 19" from shoulder to lower edge, and is made up of 3 pieces of 14" wide textile sewn together; main color is black with multicolored design that include an animal that could be a llama; pattern bands do not match from one piece of textile to another; weaving seems crude.
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-30238, described as RGM blouse; 28" wide by 22 inches from shoulder to lower edge; made of two panels sewn together; reverse of fabric is black, while outside has multicolored bands of woven abstract designs; neck and arm holes have no additional finishing.
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-30239, described as RGM blouse; 22' wide by 23 inches from shoulder to lower edge; width can be augmented by an additional 4 inches by letting out two pleats (for a child to grow into it?); pattern and colors very similar to MVC-0113 except for the addition of red and blue reinforcement decoration around the arm holes and the neck.ph
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-30228, described as RGM unfinished blouse (?), 37" wide by 50 1/2 inches long; made up of two lengths of textile sewed together; neck has not been cut out, ends have not been finished off; selvages are red and purple; purple predominates in the women pattern bands with bands of multicolored designs added in; the front and back of this piece would not match because one end has a multicolored zigzag band that is not matched on the other end. Reverse shows large spot.
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 9-21663, described as Sari blouse: 94.0cm at bust; 40.0cm at shoulders. Royal blue silk, lined with dark blue cotton; short sleeved; machine stitched with hand hemming, metal hooks w/ thread eyes; snaps & thread loops inside shoulders ( used to keep bra straps from showing).
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-30235, described as RGM blouse; 35" wide by 27 inches from shoulder to lower edge; machine stitching along bottom and side seams, and to sew black edging on arm and neck openings; horizontal bands of plain red at top of bodice followed by bands of green, red or blue; widest green band depicts birds.
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-30236, described as RGM blouse; 27 1/2" wide by 26 inches from shoulder to lower edge (one edge has an additional fringe); made up of three pieces of textile sewn together with white thread; center panel is basically red with multicolored designs, while side panels are red and white striped with less designs; middle panel has design of 5 human figures (women?) with hats, among others.
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 9-21664, described as Sari blouse: Bust measurement = 94.0 cm; shoulder measurement = 40.0cm. Magenta w/ irregular stripe of lighter color, square neck in back; modified V neck in front; short sleeves; metal hooks down front w/ thread loop eyes; snaps and thread loops inside shoulders to keep bra straps from showing; cotton lined.
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-30237, described as RGM blouse; 25" wide by 30 inches from shoulder to lower edge; similar but much smaller than MVC-0107 (mother and daughter blouses?);

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