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Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 3-29971, described as Handband-loomed, weft-faced plain and tapestry weaves; one piece; warps cut; one 23" tassel at each end. 99 cm x 3 cm. Native name/meaning: Cinta/headband. Materials, techniques: Cotton: singles in white; Artisela (artificial silk): singles in black, yellow, purple, white, blue, pink, gold, grey, maroon, peach. Context of use: Alternating bands of geometric designs including rabbits, birds, "senoritas," zigzags, stylized florals, chevrons and horizontal stripes are repeated. Eccentric weft technique creates the rounded figures (Schevill:127). Warps have been cut and brought through a hollow corn cobb that is covered with cut tufts of artisela. Sisal warps of fringe are wrapped with artisela in a series of "figure 8s" with a cluster of silk at center; these are attached to braids of silk at the fringe ends.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30002, described as Backstrap loomed warp-faced plain weave; two-faced support weft brocading; 2 pieces joined front, back and sides with randa; two end-selvages loom-finished while other two warps are cut. Hand-hemmed, head hole slit; tassels off shoulder line. Cotton 2 singles in red; 1 two-ply in red, green, yellow, pink light blue, orange and purple. Acrylic: singles in blue; 2 ply lavender, purple, blue, green and pink. Shoulder line has series of support weft horizontal bands, whose weft ends are twisted and braided into 3 inch fringes front and back. Yoke has acrylic support weft of predominately purple color with blue, green, and pink zigzags. Two pieces are matched symmetrically at the top but bottom ends are uneven. Some basket weave in central warp stripes are joined together. Bought in Zacualpa.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29990, described as Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave; two faced support weft brocading; three pieces joined by machine stitching; warps cut; machine hemmed; hand stitching smocking; head hold cut out and finished with embroidery; arm holes finished with commercial velveteen; embroidery at neckline and front and back seams. 63.5 cm x 80 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Woman's blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: singles in white; 2 singles in white; 1 two-ply in black/white jaspe. Acrylic: 1 two-ply in multicolored embroidering in cotton (lustrina): two-ply multicolored. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the Museum in 1991. This colorful, busy huipil has horizontal bands of multicolored wefts with support weft brocading; other bands are jaspe; Embroidery drops off vertically from shoulder-line in multicolored floral designs. Bottom half has a band of black/red wefts stripes just under the support weft embroidered upper half, then plain white cotton to the bottom edge. Blue velveteen commercial cloth-trims the armholes; Neckline has a squared area within which animal designs and floral motifs are embroidered. Smocking created with multicolored acrylic yarns on both sides, front and back, halfway between armhole and neckline. One front side has been partially loosened. This style of huipil is very popular. (Schevill).
Hearst Museum object titled Table runner, accession number 3-29996, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; support weft brocading; one piece; warps cut and twisted into fringe. 132 cm x 42 cm. Native name and meaning: Tela/Cloth Runner. Materials, techniques: Cotton: singles in red; cotton (sedalina) in 2-ply red, orange, green, and black; Sedalina: 4 two-ply in purple, white, green, red and blue. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. This piece is typical of the style and design of the Zacualpa, but it is made for sale as a runner for a table. Fringes are created by loose warp yarns which are twisted into approximately .25 inch thick, 5-inch long fringes that are knotted at the end. Support weft ends also create fringes on the side of the piece, another typical feature for this town. The design areas have twining on both sides, an unusual feature in Guatemalan textiles.
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29995, described as Treadle-loomed, twill weave; one piece; both warps and one side (wefts) selvage are cut, to create fringe. 61 cm x 25 cm. Native name and meaning: Perraje/Shawl. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 single in white, blue, and dark blue; 3 singles in red, possibly alizarin. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun, who donated it to the museum in 1991. Overall plaid appearance in "hound's tooth" design; warps and wefts on one side are knotted together and twisted into fringes. Red dye may be alizarin (Schevill). "Observe double-ikat patterning" (Hun). This is not true ikat; the twill weave with blue and white color change give the ikat effect. Iconography consists of diamonds, checker-boarded motifs create plaid.

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