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Hearst Museum object titled Backstrap loom, accession number 3-32181, described as Back-strap loom with Coban style white on white sample. Loom of bamboo and assorted woods.
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 3-32179, described as Bag, undyed. Appears to be knotless netting with strap of 5 strand braid.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-32198, described as Open-mouth basket made of pine needles, coiled and sewn with natural raffia. Handles has open stitch faggoting work.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-32197a,b, described as Flat, circular woven basket with knobbed lid. Made of dyed black pine needles, coiled sewn with natural and black dyed raffia. Center of basket body and lid with raffia open work.
Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 3-32194, described as Multicolored cotton bracelet, predominantly blues and greens, in complex braided patterns. One end is left looped and the other end is two simple braids.
Hearst Museum object titled Cargador, accession number 3-32191, described as Woven of natural brown cotton. Two pieces joined with central randa, the center of the cloth is predominantly ixcaco with black, red and white stripes laterally. There are tiny jaspe (ikat) stripes in the center of the piece. The hems are rolled and handsewn.
Hearst Museum object titled Child's huipil, accession number 3-32164, described as Child's huipil One piece of back-strap loom woven cotton, design being predominant red and white warp stripes. There is a prominent stripe across the chest of "bowtie" shaped figures in single sided supplementary weft with an appliqued black velvet emblem in the center. Two thirds of the huipil has stripes of supplementary weft of birds and other figures on multicolored cotton thread. There are black velvet triangles appliqued at the shoulders and at the neckline. The round neckline is cut out and interfaced with commercial blue fabric and machine sewn to the piece. One end warp is cut and left fringed and the other end the hem is rolled and sewn by a machine.
Hearst Museum object titled Cinta, accession number 3-32182, described as Cinta, handwoven band, burgundy wool of natural dyes indigo and cochineal. Some fraying shows what appears to be white warp and weft base cloth, overlaid with burgundy wool and black selvage stripes.
Hearst Museum object titled Cinta, accession number 3-32186, described as Cinta (hairband), red cotton base cloth, with multicolored supplementary weft, geometric patterns, ends in pompoms and braided fringe.
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 3-32199, described as Doll is stuffed and made of cotton material, thick black yarn braided hair.

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