Collection place: Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala / Culture or time period: American cultures / Materials: Alizarin (natural colorant) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Tela, cofradía, accession number 3-29749, described as Tela de Cofradía- Ceremonial cloth: Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, one piece, cut warps at each end create two fringes.

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.