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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23524, described as Huipil; white cotton repp; brocading same as 3-23523 except main color is red with green and orange stripes aned zigzags; 58.4 X 92.7cm wide.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23478, described as Huipil width; brown cotton; silk and cotton bands; 45.7 cm by 49.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23493, described as Huipil, multicolored, broade-woven with horizontal stripes of chevron designs, zig-zag, diamond and reversed triangle patterns. Warps are a plain beige linen colour and are much thinner than the colourful wefts. The only seam present runs up the middle of the garment, there are no side nor shoulder seams.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23473, described as Huipil; two-width; white cotton plain weave; varicolored interlocking comb forms band across center third; bands of yellow and black dots alternate with bands of geometric design; bottom border elaborate red, blue, yellow check; brocade yarns cotton except for purple and fuchsia silk; weaver's mark elaborate; 57.2 c 85.1 cm width.
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 3-23495a,b, described as Huipil: two widths unassembled; white cotton warp face; narrow red warp stripes; cotton brocade across rows of free-standing geometric figures based on triangular forms in red, orange, and green; a) 66 x 88.9 cm width; b) 66 x 95.2 cm width.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23456, described as One part of a two-width huipil; white cotton warp face; upper two-thirds brocaded in bands of purple cotton with three stripes purple-yellow-purple, repeated between; band of red and blue brocade at bottom; mano a heavier brocade band; 43.2 x 77.5 cm. A note pinned to it read:"San Pedro Sacatepequez, San Marcos; often worn in San Antonio (Sacatepequez)." Neither specimen fits any description of the huipil of either San Pedro or San Antonio.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23458, described as Huipil; three-width; white cotton plain weave; brocade design mostly red; half way down on centerpiece, wide mano on sides; typical black silk rosettes on mano and in "sun" design around neck opening; 73 x 83.9 cm. Perfect example of huipil from this area.

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