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Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-29592, described as Huipil- Casamiento: Lace, commercial cotton, 1 piece. Ends hand stitched; head hole cut out and faced with manta, also sleeve openings. Embroidered with cotton whipping stitch. (25.5 cm X 63.5 cm). Context: short style; lace German influence, from rural Coban, fiesta costume (Hun). Bottom could have worn out and been cut off. Olga Arriola de Geng Some wear, little rip at neck seam.
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 Huipil, accession number 3-241, described as Huipil (cotton basketweave-white, red, yellow, and green stripes, vertical. Applique at neck and embroidery, silk, in red, blue, yellow, purple, green and white. Scattered silk threads woven into warp and weft. 63.5 cm long, approximately 1 m 17 cm wide.)
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-15616, described as White huipil with polychrome embroidery. Information from Mrs. Aminta Hun, a ladina from Guatemala, pers. comm. 1992 (M. Schevill): Backstrap-loomed weaving technique called "Caxquem" (square design). Referenced in "X Balam Q'ue, El Pajaro Sol" by Dr. Dieseldorf, page 15. Embroidery and applique at neck. Circular embroidery motif at neck is called "snails.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28288, described as Cotton blouse; Plain weave, brocaded; Red, red and white stripes, varicolored geometric designs, bird motifs. Length: 168.91 cm, Width/breadth: 93.98 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-115, described as Woman’s shirt or huipil; off-white plain weave cotton with red, orange and green vertical stripes and brocaded horizontal stripes at shoulder area; lower 10 cm in back basket weave; “collar” of white commercial cotton, appliqued; 95 cm long, 104 cm across bottom Remarks: Fabric almost identical to cuff and collar of 3-114
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-48, described as Guipil" of woman; 3-48 plain weave; brocade, twill and basket weave; white cotton with multicolor brocade and twill stripes; neck bound with ribbon and velveteen and embroidered; sewn on by machine; approximately 90 cm wide, 105 cm long; For the color red, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is madder
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28148, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Blouse Materials: Cotton, Technique: Basket weave, brocaded Colors: Green ground, white designs Dimensions: 19 x 39 " Remarks: Geometric, spot motives See Fig. 100a Textiles of Highland Guatemala, LMO ]
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-32176, described as Three piece back-strap loomed huipil. The ground cloth is predominantly dark blue with fine green warp stripes The three pieces are sewn together with lavender embroidery floss. The majority of the huipil decorated with heavy multicolored single sided supplementary weft geometric designs typical of Santa Catarina. One end selvage is finished the other is cut fringe. The arm holes and the square cut out neck are heavily embroidered with triangles of red cotton floss.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-245, described as Huipil (Off white cotton, plain weave. Multicolored brocaded designs, red predominant, cotton and silk. Approximately 56 cm long, 90 cm wide.)

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