Collection place: Central America / Accession year: [Missing] / Function: 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 3-29967, described as Commercial woven plaid cloth apron. Skirt has pockets and ruffle along hem; yoke also outlined with narrow ruffle; commercial ribbon design edges skirt pockets and used in decorative design on yoke; metal "studs" decorate each shoulder strap; "H" style back; all machine stitched, apron ties at waist used to secure apron to wearer. 89 cm x 71 cm. Native name/meaning: Gabacha/Apron. Materials, techniques: Commercial cloth, possibly cotton. Context of use: Purchased for $3.00 in San Andres Xecul and donated by Margot Schevill in 1992. This apron has detailed work around the yoke: green and white (acrylic?) decorative commercial ribbon, ruffles, and metal clasps at center of bows formed by the plaid cloth on the frontal straps that join the "H" back; machine stitching in dark blue; wide ruffle at bottom of skirt matches small ruffles around the yoke; pockets lined with commercial ribbon; waistline is gathered into the yoke. There are several "gavachas," also machine stitched, in the Eisen collection (Schevill).

Hearst Museum object titled Faja de hombre, accession number 3-29904, described as Man's sash; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominated, plain weave; single piece of cloth; end warps cut, create 8" fringes. Checkerboard effect. 319.5 x 17 cm. Native name: Faja de hombre, man's sash. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, red, white, black, orange, green, blue. Context of use: Red background with vertical multicolored stripes worked in creating accents on either side; fringes twisted and knotted at both ends; overall appearance is an oblong shape; outstanding vertical stripe combination.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29987, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced support weft brocading; three pieces joined together with hand-stitching; 2 end selvages loom-finished; other 4 are cut warps that create fringe; headhole cut out and finished with hand stitching. 77.5 cm x 74 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Woman's Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 3 singles, red; 1 two-ply white, white, orange, green, pink, aqua, brown and maroon. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun, and donated to the Museum in 1991. Upper half of this textile is dominated by support weft brocading in dense, bright acrylic yarns; bottom half has red and white vertical stripes on sides lienzos, white central lienzo has thinner yellow/white/red stripes. Lienzos are joined by hand-stitching on the wrong side of the Huipil manufactured n 1983. Iconography consists of crosses, starts, geometrics, and vertical stripes.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30001, described as Backstrap-loomed, plain weave; two faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; end-selvages loom-finished. 46 cm x 68.5 cm Cotton: 2 singles in white; 2 two-ply in white, red, blue, orange, light and dark green, yellow and pink; 6 two-ply in white, yellow, green, dark and light blue, orange, maroon, lavender. Huipil is not sewn together to create a garment. Typical San Pedro Necta style with warps turned sideways for width of garment and the end selvages (wefts) on the top and bottom; this is the only town that has this sideways layout. Iconography consists of geometric motifs and warp strips.

Hearst Museum object titled Servilleta cofradia, accession number 3-29903, described as Multipurpose cloth; backstrap-loomed, warp predominate plain weave; two-faced supplemental weft brocading; selvedges are loom-finished. Geometric, grape-vine, chicken, lion. 44.5 cm x 43.4 cm. Native name: Servilleta, cofradia, multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, red, blue; sedalina, two-ply, green, rose, yellow, blue, royal blue. Context of use: Red background with vertical blue stripes and blue warps accented on either side; square-shaped cloth, supplemental weft brocaded designs on all four borders, gives lovely finish to this special cloth.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29983, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; end selvages loom-finished; commercial tape ties 10" long at top; tape is hand-stitched on sides and along bottom. 73.5 cm x 49.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Delantal de Santo/Saint's Apron. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 8 singles and 1 two-ply in yellow. Cotton: 12 singles in red, yellow; Sedalina: 4 two-ply in lavender, green, red, dark blue; 8 two-ply yellow; silk floss in magenta and purple. Contest of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. There is a variety of supp weft yarns including silk, sedalina, and cotton. Faded blue commercial bias tape is hand-stitched down with blue yarn on sides and bottom; weaver probably embroidered these words in cursive, "Clemente Suburjuz, 9 de Febrero de 1949 o 1950" across two bottom zones of yellow background. Yellow color looks similar to one Arriola de Geng identified as "old." Hun wrote: "It was aquired in 1981-1982. I used to call is "El Engano (The Deceit) because Flor from the Ixchel Museum told me it was recently made. As I recall it has silk mixed with cotton in its brocade. It makes me think that the aprin was in fact authentic, because of the silk itself. The apron comes from the San Juan and San Pedro Sacatepequez area which makes it of Kakchikel origin. As you well know, aprons are used to cover the saint's sculpture in the cofradia. 1st row: stars--Venus. 2nd row: peacocks, 3rd row: probably worms typical of the area, 4th row: turkeys, chompipes, 5th row: horses, caballos, 6th row: hens or roosters, gallinas or gallos.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29906, described as Shirt; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominated plain weave; single-faced supplemental weft brocading, three pieces of cloth machine-stitched at shoulder to sleeves, one selvedge loom-finished, other warps cut and machine-stitched, head hole slit opening. Large zigzag chevron designs. 75.5 cm x 58 cm. Native name: camisa; shirt, cofradia; ceremonial. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, red; silk floss, purple, green, yellow, white. Context of use: Head, front, and arm openings are decorated with imported worn fabric (liston) with quetzal and flower images; liston perhaps removed from an older worn out garment; button holes are handsewn with button stitch; sleeves are lined with commercial cloth. Conservation: good; fading found in white silk floss brocading.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29953, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; one end loom-finished while the other end has warps cut and hand-hemmed. 90 cm x 87.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Tzute de Mujer/ Woman's multipurpose cloth. Material, techniques: cotton, 2 singles white, red; 1 two-ply white; 2 two-ply in red, purple and 3 two-ply in purple; mercerized cotton; 8 two-ply in multicolors. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. This almost square piece has a central square of size houses, standing within is a female figure holding a basket in one hand while the other is raised as if in greeting; large bird-figures span the central area; some metallic yarn is incorporated in single lines in supp. weft.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29992, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave; two-faced support weft brocading; one piece; warps cut and hand-hemmed. 129.5 cm x 109 cm. Native name and meaning: Tzute de mujer/ Woman's multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 1 two-ply in white; 2 two-ply in red, purple; 12 two-ply in red and purple. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun who donated it to the museum in 1991. Narrow wefts of red, purple join white background. Support weft is dense in 2 colors (red, purple with central area woven in double-headed eagle motif, bordered by stars and other geometric motifs. The collector stopped in Villa Nueva, south of Guatemala City, in a market where they were selling produce and weaving cortes. Collector saw a woman from Palin carrying a small tzute from whom he commissioned one. Six months later, she presented him with this large one of usual width--tzutes are generally smaller than this textile (Hun).

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29968, described as Treadle-loomed, balance plain weave, warps cut, 1pc. stitched French seam