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Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-29982, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; warps ends cut and uncut creating a 7" fringe on each end;cut warp fringe is knotted in places. 300 cm x 18 cm. Native name/meaning: faja hombre/man's sash. Materials, techniques: cotton: 3 singles, red; 2 two-ply in red and blue. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun in the 1980s (faja woven in 1985) and donated to the museum in 1991. Knots in red wefts appear on both sides of this piece. Parallel thin blue warp stripes evenly spaced on red background; cut fringe end is knotted. Present from Nimakachi family (Hun).
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-29991, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; warps cut and crocheted into tassels with pompoms added. 159.5 cm x 25.5 cm. Native name and meaning: Faja, Hombre/ Man's belt. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 3 and 4 singles in red; mercerized cotton (sedalina?): 2 two-ply in yellow, maroon, orange, gold; 4 two-ply in orange, purple, aqua; 6 two-ply in light and dark green, light and dark blue and white. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun, who donated it to the museum in 1991. This faja has 2 areas of supp. weft multicolored yarns: one area is 15 inches in length and the other is 9.5 inches. Warps are crocheted into 10 tabs onto which pompoms of different colors are attached. Posts are worked into crochet work on one end before the tabs and are done in multicolors; total length of fringe is 4". "Observe intricacy of tassels." (Hun) Iconography consists of diamonds, zigzags, and triangles.
Hearst Museum object titled Faja, hombre, accession number 3-29977, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; loose warps create 4" fringe, which are uncut resulting in loose warps winding back on themselves. 107 cm x 10 cm. Native name/meaning: faja hombre/man's sash. Materials, techniques: cotton: 2 singles black; 1 two-ply in light black, grey, blue, dark and light green, brown, peach, aqua. Context of use: Even multicolored warps stripes are approximately .5" wide. Light black color predominates in this 4" wide faja; red cotton yarn is doubled and looped through middle of piece at one end. Fringe created at each end by slipping sash off the first piece I ever acquired. Its from circa 1973-74. I was attracted by it because of its unusual combination of colors on a white background. I bought it from a woman from San Antonio Aquas Calientes in front of the Cathedral in Antigua. This faja not meant for traditional use, but rather for tourists. The threads are cotton and the colors I believe are synthetic. Kachikel hands definitely made it! (Hun).
Hearst Museum object titled Faja, hombre, accession number 3-29972, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; warp ends cut; fringe at each end created by twisting cut warps (fringe is 7" long). 132 cm x 7.5 cm. Native name/meaning: faja, hombre/man's belt. Materials, techniques: Wool: 1 two-ply in brown and white (white very soiled and looks tan). Embroidery in cotton: 3 singles dark blue and 6 two-ply in green. Context of use: At either end of this piece, there is darning with dark blue over the tear and green cotton stitching in double rows across end before fringe. Alternating brown and white narrow warp stripes are turned into the fringe at each end due to the cut warps. Additional white wool is introduced into the white warps at fringe ends (this wool is 2 two-ply). The cut warp ends are twisted and knotted into monochrome fringes, alternating like the stripes in white and brown tassels.
Hearst Museum object titled Faja, hombre, accession number 3-29984, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; ends cut and uncut left unwoven to create fringe. 320 cm x 20.5 cm. Native name/meaning: faja hombre/man's sash. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 and 8 singles in white; 1 two-ply in blue, lavender, green and magenta; 3 two-ply in orange. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun who donated it to the museum in 1991. Evenly spaced .5" wide colored warp stripes on a white background. Fringes created by leaving warp ends unwoven, the white warps twisted in places with a single warp from an adjoining color warp. Orange wefts located in middle of textile is an unusual feature. Hun wrote: "It was the first piece I ever acquired. It is from circa 1973-74. I was attracted by it because of its unusual combination of colors on a white background. I bought it from a woman from San Antonio Aguas Calientes in front of the Calientes in front of the Cathedral n Antigua. This faja was not for traditional use, but rather for tourists. The threads are cotton and the colors I believe are synthetic. Kakchikel hands definitely made it.
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 3-29986, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; three pieces, all end selvages loom-finished; pieces joined by hand-stitching; headhole not cut out. 53 cm x 109 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 two-ply in white, red; 4 two-ply in dark blue, red, green, yellow, and purple. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. The outer lienzos are white with bands of multicolored supp. weft motifs that flank central red-on-red lienzo. Red-on-red lienzo has supp. weft brocading in blue and green vertical zigzags. White lienzos' motifs consist of birds on tobacco plants, stylized starts, pacaya palm leave. Unfinished headhold is square with supp. weft edging on two sides; end of supp. weft are cut and loose on inside. "Daily blouse, if worn as a veil, it becomes ceremonial." (Hun) Center lienzo is similar to a huipil from Tactic, 3-29598.
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 3-29999, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece ;end selvages loom finished; head hole not cut out. 127 cm x 75 cm. Cotton 2 two-ply blue; 4 two-ply green, purple; 6 two-ply blue. Supp. weft brocading in zigzag design dominates this piece with the exception of blue borders on both ends. Colors are non-traditional cording to donor Miguel Hun.Old style ceremonial huipils from this town are usually of three lienzos; this single lienzo example was probably made for sale as a table cloth per M. Schevill.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29988, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; warp-faced plain weave; double-faced supp. weft brocading; four pieces joined with hand-stitching; one end loom-finished, other three warps are cut; neckline is gathered at back and collar attached with hand-stitching; slit opening for head hole; sleeves set in. 85 cm x 71 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 singles in black, blue, yellow, and jaspe blue/white; 3 singles in blue; silk floss in white, yellow, magenta, blue, purple, light green. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun, who donated it the museum in 1991. Body of this huipil is predominately blue with multicolored warp stripes of varying widths. Sleeves are red background with multicolored stripes, including jaspe. Typical construction for this town. Stars are double-faced supp. weft brocading or could be embroidered, as are the bands along the shoulder seams.

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