Object class: Clothing / Culture or time period: Mesoamerican peoples / Function: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 3-30734, described as Fabric Doll: Cloth doll, male, made from several types of fabric. Head made from a stocking scrap; hair made from a black stocking scrap; hat of hemp twine. Arms and legs of cotton fabric, as are pants, shirt neckerchief and serape. Face is embroidered.

Hearst Museum object titled Dolls, accession number 3-30736, described as Miniature Figures: Pair of figures - couple. Joined figures. Woman in a long green and white dress with a printed stole, and a man in white pants, aqua shirt, red sash and blue and white checked serape. Both figures have white hair and pale pink faces. Facial features are embroidered. Figures are sewed together to form a pair.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30080, described as Backstrap loomed, plain weave in white, supplementary weft brocading in purple, green, red, orange, blue, pink geometric motif yoke. Supplementary weft pattern in single row of purple, blue, green, red in body of blouse front. 4 rows of red and purple pattern in body of blouse back. Warp-faced center stripes in red, green, blue, joined with green, orange, blue, pink overcast stitches. Cotton - plain weave, 3 single-ply warp and weft in white. 3 - 5 double-ply supplementary weft. 2 - 4 double-ply embroidery at neck, twisted thread ties. Condition: good.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29999, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece ;end selvages loom finished; head hole not cut out. 127 cm x 75 cm. Cotton 2 two-ply blue; 4 two-ply green, purple; 6 two-ply blue. Supp. weft brocading in zigzag design dominates this piece with the exception of blue borders on both ends. Colors are non-traditional cording to donor Miguel Hun.Old style ceremonial huipils from this town are usually of three lienzos; this single lienzo example was probably made for sale as a table cloth per M. Schevill.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30079, described as Huipil: woman's blouse. Backstrap loomed, plain weave. Weft-face woven center panel with weft-face stripes, supplementary weft brocading, braided trim at neck. Uncut neck. Machine stitched seams and hem. Cotton: 2 single-ply in ivory warp and weft, center panel with 4 single-ply weft, 2 single-ply warp in ivory. Weft-faced stripes in red, orange, brown, blue, yellow, purple, red. 4-6 two-ply brocading in blue, green, orange, brown, yellow, pink, in geometric bird and flowers in vase motifs.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30005, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, two pieces joined with randa, loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with lavish embroidery.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30007, described as Backstrap-loomed, plain weave; single and two-faced supp. weft brocading; two pieces joined with hand stitching. One end has cut warps that are hand hemmed; other warp end is loom-finished. Head hole is slit. 56 cm x 77.5 cm. Cotton: 2 ply in black; Mercerized cotton: 3 two-ply in pink magenta, purple, green, yellow, white, red and blue. Supp. weft is densely woven throughout piece, woven in geometric iconography. Band of plain black cotton at bottom (ground fabric).

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30008, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; two pieces, joined with hand stitching; ends loom-finished; slit head hole. 64.5 cm x 87.5 cm. Cotton: 2 two-ply white. 2 two-ply in green, black and purple. Woven by Isabel Quitz of Tecpan for sale in San Martin Jilotepeque and locally in Tecpan. Part of a woman's complete traje from this town.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30006, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supporting weft brocading; two pieces joined with hand stitching; one end loom-finished, other end has warps cut and hand hemmed; head hole slit unfinished. 38 cm x 58.5 cm. Cotton: 1 two-ply in black. Mercerized cotton: 3 two-ply in brown, green, aqua, maroon, orange, purple, white, red, light and dark pink, light and dark green, light and dark blue, yellow and lavender. This chi'd's huipil is unfinished; the head hole slit has not been opened. Rows of multicolored supporting weft brocading are evenly spaced throughout the whole piece Iconography consists of geometric motifs.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, cofradía, accession number 3-30003, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; 3-faced support weft brocading; two pieces joined front, back and sides with randa; two-end selvages loom finished while other end warps cut and hand hemmed; head hole cut out and finished with satin weave cloth and embroider. 85 cm X 115.5 cm. Cotton: 2 singles red, brown (ixcaco), blue, green, whit/blue jaspe; 3 singles in brown (ixcaco); silk floss; various colors. Neck has a star-shaped satin cloth stitched down with silk floss and rings of embroidery radiating out towards a circle of satin cloth in the center. This in turn, radiates out in rings of silk embroidery floss. Garment is predominately in brown cotton with jaspe warp stripes. Supp. weft is not continuous but consists of single separate motifs. Texture is heavy. Commissioned; whole piece started fad; bought in 1986, copy of a 1920 huipil. Iconography consists of sun, moon, stars, little animals and warp stripes.