Object class: Main garments for the upper body / Culture or time period: Mesoamerican peoples / Accession year: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-29911, described as Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces of cloth joined front, back, and sleeve ends by hand-stitching; one end selvedge loom-finished, other end warps cut and hand-hemmed; birds, V's, and inverted V's, cone-shaped designs; 91.5 cm X 85 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-29910, described as Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces of cloth joined front, back, and sides by hand-stitching; one end selvedge loom-finished, other end warps cut and hand-hemmed; embroidered designs in geometric shapes; 93.5 cm X 88.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-27818, described as Blouse, woman's. White cotton cloth with red and black decorated portion in upper half, dots of green and yellow.

Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-28384a, described as Blouse: pink plain weave cotton with printed floral design; collar and sleeves trimmed with white late, large zigzag in green silk embroidery on front. Width 82 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-29380, described as Plainweave cotton with blue birds in counted thread inlay embroidery, white, sqquare neck with smocked ruffle, two pockets, short sleeves, width across shoulders 59 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Jacket, accession number 3-29952, described as Jacquard-loomed, plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; 10 pieces joined by sewing machine with French seams; collar, bottom band, and sleeve cuffs are separate pieces; pockets lined with grey commercial cloth and jacket lined with black commercial cloth (acetate); cuffs, pockets and center front all have snap closures. Native name/meaning: Saco/Jacket. Materials, techniques: Cotton: singles in black (ground cloth) and multicolors (supp. weft brocading). Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. Lined completely in black commercial cloth (acetate) woven with a feather motif.. This waist length jacket is dominated by bright mutli-colored supp. weft brocading. It was probably created for the tourist market, as it is constructed much like American-style denim jackets, with front and back yokes, snap closures, multiple pockets and a wide flared collar. The outer pockets are lined with commercial plaid cloth at the breast line, while those at the hip line are lined with a commercial gray cloth.

Hearst Museum object titled Jacket, accession number 3-29939, described as Treadle-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, nine pieces; all warps cut; three pieces commercial loomed woolen cloth; all pieces machine pieced. Native name and meaning: Saco, jacket; hombre, man's. Materials, techniques: Two and five cotton singles in predominately red, with some navy blue. Context of use: Collected by Linda Green in Guatemala in 1991. Jacket predominately cotton treadle loomed striped cloth, with commercially woven wool for collar, cuffs, and lapels. Lapels and collar decorate with white machine-stitched diamond pattern. Five outside pockets. jacket decorated around pockets, sleeves and down back with knit braid; braid also used to bind edges of jacket. Jacket is lined with navy blue commercial cloth, and has two inside pockets. This jacket is much more tailored than the one collected in the 1940's (see 3-29652), but does not have the older one's embroidered decorations. Two-button front closure with machine stitched front closure. Geometric and curvilinear iconography.

Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 3-29194, described as Shirt, man's; indigo and white bands; bib of varicolored brocade in diamond designs; label says "Made in Guatemala, 100% cotton, Casa del Carmen; " width across sleeves 156 cm.