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Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-29592, described as Huipil- Casamiento: Lace, commercial cotton, 1 piece. Ends hand stitched; head hole cut out and faced with manta, also sleeve openings. Embroidered with cotton whipping stitch. (25.5 cm X 63.5 cm). Context: short style; lace German influence, from rural Coban, fiesta costume (Hun). Bottom could have worn out and been cut off. Olga Arriola de Geng Some wear, little rip at neck seam.
Hearst Museum object titled Child's huipil, accession number 3-382, described as Child’s upper (and only) garment (huipil); white commercial muslin; narrow band couch-stitch embroidery in floral patterns and scallops in blue, green, orange and black edging neck and hem; orange ribbon on each shoulder; 38 x 36 cm
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 Doll huipil, accession number 3-26942, described as huipil (blouse) for doll; varicolor embroidery in glass beads on shoulders (edge of sleeve) and yoke; with across sleeves; part of costume for cardboard doll used by brujo. Dolls buried in fields in pairs (male and female), dressed in miniature costumes of San Pablito natives. The color of the costume or of part of the costume denotes the crop whose development is especially desired, e.g. honey, bush beam. See notes in accompanying envelope. purchased from widow of brujo. Also see 3-26940-41.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29654, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by machine stitching. One end selvedge loom-finished, other end warps cut, hemmed with machine stitching;. Head hole cut out, bound with purple velvet with medallion on back and front and shoulders made from same purple velvet and decorated with embroidery. Sleeve openings faced with manta hand-stitched.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-15639, described as Blue huipil with polychrome zig-zagged embroidery design
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28147, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Blouse Materials: Cotton Technique: Plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground, white designs Dimensions: 18 x 38" Remarks: Bird, lozenge motives. See Fig. 100d Textiles of Highland Guatemala, LMO ]
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23507, described as Huipil; width; indigo cotton repp; red borders; bands of varicolored silk and cotton free standing brocade chevrons and parallelograms; center band comb and parallelograms; 92.7 x 61 cm wide
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29808, described as Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut and hemmed by machine-stitching, joined front and back by machine-stitching, head hole cut out and finished with commercial lace and cloth.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23494, described as Huipil; two-widths; indigo cotton warp face; covered with cotton brocade except for two dotted bands at bottom; colors and design the same as 3-23494; 71.1 x 80 cm width.

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