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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 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 3-29990, 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 Huipil, accession number 3-30001, described as Backstrap-loomed, plain weave; two faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; end-selvages loom-finished. 46 cm x 68.5 cm Cotton: 2 singles in white; 2 two-ply in white, red, blue, orange, light and dark green, yellow and pink; 6 two-ply in white, yellow, green, dark and light blue, orange, maroon, lavender. Huipil is not sewn together to create a garment. Typical San Pedro Necta style with warps turned sideways for width of garment and the end selvages (wefts) on the top and bottom; this is the only town that has this sideways layout. Iconography consists of geometric motifs and warp strips.