Collection place: San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala / Accession number: Acc.4804 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-32170, described as Huipil Cotton back-strap loomed, two piece huipil, shows lots of color bleeding in the supplementary weft. White base cloth with heavy single sided supplementary weft with diamonds covering the majority of the huipil. Shoulder brocading includes diamonds and triangles. The square cut out neck embroidered with heavy purple cotton thread. The central seam appears to have either been sewn together or repaired with machine stitching (no randa).

Hearst Museum object titled Offrenda, accession number 3-32190, described as Offrenda, red ground cloth with fine blue stripes. The entire piece is edged with commercial lace sewn on by machine.

Hearst Museum object titled Saint's huipil, accession number 3-32173, described as One paneled saint's huipil, backstrap woven. Brocaded with geometric patterns (ixcanel, stars, and feather serpent) silk and cotton. The round neckline is cutout and embroidered. All colors are chemical dyes. Embroidered by Luchia Zundo 1958.