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Hearst Museum object titled Poncho fragment, accession number 2-47037, described as Poncho remnant; wool; white ground with indigo bands; terraced indigo diamonds broken by narrow yellow and dark pink bands; fragment of yellow-green cotton cloth at head opening; poor condition; selvage gone. 1-ply wool yarn, cotton cloth; tapestry weave; both Z and S-twist raveled yarns; raveled pink and red are dyed with cochineal (see Joe Ben Wheat letter in accession envelope).

Hearst Museum object titled Woman's belt, accession number 3-94, described as Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-94 like 3-93, with the addition of red silk embroidery covering 80 cm from one end; red and orange silk thread has been twisted with the warp ends as fringe; approximately 2 m 72 cm long plus fringe, 4.7 cm wide; Purplish silk floss is cochineal (see letter in acc env.)

Hearst Museum object titled Yarn sample, accession number 3-28059, described as [ cat card Description: yarn samples Materials: wools Technique: yarn dyeing a. natural b. cochineal c. sulfat? Colors: a. natural b. red c. black Dimensions: Remarks: see #1801, 1803 a,b ]