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Start Over Collection place Guatemala Accession number Acc.2393
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-23541, described as Belt; cotton warp face; narrow various pastel warp stripes on cream ground; long twisted fringe at each end; 266.8 x 10.2 cm.W.
Hearst Museum object titled Cloth, accession number 3-23513, described as “Huipil” White cotton warp face with raised self-square; free-standing animal and bird varicolored cotton motifs; one row of larger figures; red and purple “mano” edges trimmed in red and green. 62.2 cm length by 106.7 cm width Provenience: Guatemala; Guatemala Dept.; San Pedro Sacatepequez attributed. Materials: Cotton warp face
Hearst Museum object titled Cloth, accession number 3-23514, described as “Huipil” White cotton warp face with raised self-square; free-standing cotton brocade figures of birds and trees in red and purpura; thick “mano” ditto; red and blue borders. 59.7 cm length by 111.8 cm width Provenience: Guatemala; Guatemala Dept.; San Pedro Sacatepequez attributed. Materials: Cotton warp face; cotton brocade
Hearst Museum object titled Curtains, accession number 3-23453a-d, described as Huipil; white cotton plain weave; bands of blue cotton brocade across upper half; narrow yellow mano; geometric designs with stylized birds and trees; 96.5 x 120.9 cm. This huipil was made into a set of curtains.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23523, described as Huipil; white cotton repp; top half solid bands of cotton brocade in blue with red and green stripes and upright zigzags; 61cm X 99.1cm wide.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23463, described as Huipil; factory-made white lawn; varicolored silk embroidery around neck; main color black with black silk applique in scallops and "sun" pattern at edges; 55.8 x 95.2 cm. Imagery at neck referred to as "snails". Treadle-loomed cloth, produced by one family in town, by the name of "Chocooj." "Cofrade" - used for festivals. Silk neckpiece and floss purchased from Chinese in town (no intermarriage). Similar story as for 1-15618: cloth purchased from largest store in Coban, called "Deatz", owned by a German family. Only women married to Germans could afford this cloth. Applique work at neck was done freehand, without the use of pattern pieces.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23508, described as Huipil width; white cotton basket weave; three bands of blue free-standing motifs; top half solid blue brocade with red and purpura combs; one red and purpura chevron; 73.7 x 50.8 cm width.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23510, described as Huipil; white cotton warp face with weft indigo; muslin wiggles at armhole and neck; red diamonds appliqued around sleeve edge; red and green embroidery around neck; 82.6 x 68.6 cm width.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23477, described as Huipil; white cotton warp face; deep collar of varicolored silk hearts and flowers embroidered on lilac ground; 104.2 cm x 119.4 cm width.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23517, described as Huipil; old style; white cotton repp; top half solidly covered with bands of cotton brocade of red, and blue threads in geometric motifs; 61cm X 87.6cm wide.

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