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Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-29945, described as Backstap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single and two-faced supp. weft brocading one piece; ends cut and uncut, braided into two tassels at each end; cut warps at one end are also knotted together. Native name and meaning: Faja/Belt, Mujer/Woman's. Materials, techniques: Acrylic two, 2-ply red, green and yellow, and four, 2-ply red. Acrylic supp. weft brocading in three, 2-ply white, fuchsia, bright pink and orange; four 2-ply in turquoise, green, coral, purple, orange and royal blue; cotton or rayon. Context of use: Collected by Linda Green during UREP expedition in 1991. Woven by Isabel Quitz between July-November 1991. Predominately red with yellow and green stripes; multicolored single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two tassels at each end of the faja, created by braiding warps together. Brocading done at each end of faja, while the center portion left undecorated. One end of faja has double motif in each register (i.e. two birds/register), while the other end of faja has single motif/register. The single motifs are bordered on each side with smaller geometric figures (similar to "snowflakes"). Birds and geometric iconography.

Hearst Museum object titled Hairband, accession number 3-29943, described as Cinta de Pelo, mujer: Hair ornament, woman's. Bankstrap loomed, warp-faced plain weave, single-faced supplementary weft brocading, one piece. Ends machine and hand-stitched, five tassels at each end. 376 x 50.5 cm. Cotton, 3 singles in red, cotton 2 two-ply in brown, maroon, purple, fuchsia, yellow, white, turquoise, green, dark and light orange, red, coral. Supplementary weft in cotton 4 two-ply yellow, purple, violet, dark green, white, turquoise, orange, coral, maroon, red. Silk or rayon 6 two-ply off-white, violet, turquoise, dark green. Iconography is geometric, stripes, diamonds and abstract forms. Warp-striped textile with single-faced supplementary weft brocading at each end, five tassels inserted through textile at each end, where textile has been folded back onto itself and sewn down, forming a point. Fancy tassels are 113/8" long, consisting of a stiff wrapped "stem" with a pom pom attached at the end. Each pompom composed mostly of thick 3-ply monochrome acrylic yarn, intermixed with finer plied multicolored yarns (cotton?). Very good condition.

Hearst Museum object titled Hair piece, accession number 3-30012, described as Listo, woman's hair piece.Commercially woven cloth; balanced plain weave; warp ends cut; side selvages machine-finished. 396 cm x 16.5 cm. Possibly acetate: 24 singles in blue; 32 singes in blue. Women in Chimaltenango and Solola use these intertwined in their hair braids.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30006, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supporting weft brocading; two pieces joined with hand stitching; one end loom-finished, other end has warps cut and hand hemmed; head hole slit unfinished. 38 cm x 58.5 cm. Cotton: 1 two-ply in black. Mercerized cotton: 3 two-ply in brown, green, aqua, maroon, orange, purple, white, red, light and dark pink, light and dark green, light and dark blue, yellow and lavender. This chi'd's huipil is unfinished; the head hole slit has not been opened. Rows of multicolored supporting weft brocading are evenly spaced throughout the whole piece Iconography consists of geometric motifs.