Culture or time period: Guatemalan / Accession number: Acc.4497 / Accession year: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Jacket, accession number 3-29952, described as Jacquard-loomed, plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; 10 pieces joined by sewing machine with French seams; collar, bottom band, and sleeve cuffs are separate pieces; pockets lined with grey commercial cloth and jacket lined with black commercial cloth (acetate); cuffs, pockets and center front all have snap closures. Native name/meaning: Saco/Jacket. Materials, techniques: Cotton: singles in black (ground cloth) and multicolors (supp. weft brocading). Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. Lined completely in black commercial cloth (acetate) woven with a feather motif.. This waist length jacket is dominated by bright mutli-colored supp. weft brocading. It was probably created for the tourist market, as it is constructed much like American-style denim jackets, with front and back yokes, snap closures, multiple pockets and a wide flared collar. The outer pockets are lined with commercial plaid cloth at the breast line, while those at the hip line are lined with a commercial gray cloth.

Hearst Museum object titled Pants, accession number 3-29951, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; four pieces joined with hand-stitching; one end loom-finished, other end has warps cut to create fringe. 96.5 cm x 63.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Pantalon/Pants. Materials, techniques: Cotton, 2 singles white; mercerzied cotton 2 to 4 two-ply in yellow, light and dark orange, light and dark blue, maroon, dark green, magenta; acrylic singles in hot pink. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. The Lake Atitlan area is one of the few locations where men still wear "traje". These pants have brightly colored bands of supp. weft on a white cotton background; the waistline is open with no cording; bottom has 3" fringe from cut warps; "stick" figures are created two 2 two-ply yarn while fillings are done with 4 two-ply mercerized cotton. Approximately 14" from waistline to crotch; legs 22.5" from crotch to end of fringes; size of average male.