Object class: Clothing / Collection place: Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala / Culture or time period: Mesoamerican peoples - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 Huipil, accession number 3-28147, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Blouse Materials: Cotton Technique: Plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground, white designs Dimensions: 18 x 38" Remarks: Bird, lozenge motives. See Fig. 100d Textiles of Highland Guatemala, LMO ]

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-15618, described as White rayon huipil with polychrome embroidery. Information from Mrs. Amanda Hun, a ladina from Guatamala, personal communication 1992 (Margot Schevill); Commercially woven rayon cloth. Purchased at the largest store in Coban, called "Deatz" - owned by a

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29986, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; three pieces, all end selvages loom-finished; pieces joined by hand-stitching; headhole not cut out. 53 cm x 109 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 two-ply in white, red; 4 two-ply in dark blue, red, green, yellow, and purple. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. The outer lienzos are white with bands of multicolored supp. weft motifs that flank central red-on-red lienzo. Red-on-red lienzo has supp. weft brocading in blue and green vertical zigzags. White lienzos' motifs consist of birds on tobacco plants, stylized starts, pacaya palm leave. Unfinished headhold is square with supp. weft edging on two sides; end of supp. weft are cut and loose on inside. "Daily blouse, if worn as a veil, it becomes ceremonial." (Hun) Center lienzo is similar to a huipil from Tactic, 3-29598.

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 3-28142, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Blouse Materials: Cotton, Technique: Plain weave, brocaded Colors: Green ground, white designs Dimensions: 19 x 37" Remarks: Animal, leaf, dot motives. See Fig. 100b Textiles of Highland Guatemala, LMO ]

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28132, described as Blouse. Cotton. Plain and gauze weaves, brocaded. 17 inches x 38 inches White. Bird, spot motifs. See Fig. 99d, (should be 99b)Textiles of Highland Guatemala.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29171, described as Huipil: dark blue plain weave ground with brocade that is mainly red. center panel has varicolored zigzag design and geometric figures, sides have varicolored arrows, snowflakes, and geometric designs, w: 103 cm, l (from neck to bottom) 48 cm