Collection place: Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala / Collector: Miguel Hun - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 Textile, accession number 3-29985, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-face plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; one end loom-finished and the other end has warps cut; knotted to create a fringe. 48.5 x 51 cm. Native name and meaning: Tzute, Hombre de Cofradia/ Man's ceremonial cloth. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 singles in light blue, white; 3 singles in red, dark blue; 5 singles in red; silk floss in purple, lavender, and light blue. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. This nearly square piece has red/white striped background with wide dark blue central warp stripes and light blue narrow warp stripes throughout the piece; bands of chevrons in silk; loose warps are twisted and knotted together to create a multicolored fringe.

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.