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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-59, described as Woman’s shirt (huipil); white cotton; plain weave; upper portion green cotton, basket weave; sewn to lower portion; multicolored brocading in silk, cotton and wool; approximately 1 m wide, 1 m 18 cm long

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29596, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading, cotton. Three pieces, hand-stitched. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed by hand. (40 cm X 83 cm)

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-145, described as Guipil (Brown cotton with some white weft stripes. Brocaded in red and orange cotton. Dark blue applique work at neck.) For the color red, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is madder. For the color pink the fiber is silk and the dye result is probable synthetic.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29594, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Single faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces joined by machine, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and faced with manta. (43 cm X 94 cm) Multicolored.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29595, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Single faced supp. weft brocading, Cotton, singles, white with red, lavender and green. Three pieces; end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out, faced with manta and hand stitched. (38 cm. X 99 cm) Head hole stitched by hand, then patched with commercial cotton, two tucks on pieces.