Collection place: Central America / Function: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28109, described as Belt. Cotton, silk. Plain weave, brocaded, fringed. Blue ground, varicolored designs. Floral, geometric motives. See Fig. 123a, Textiles of Highland Guatemala. 132 inches x 15 inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-27985b, described as Unfinished belt made in the “Solomon’s knot” technique. Blue and white cotton, 1 inch by 40 inches. See Textiles of Highland Guatemala LMO Fig 75f

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 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 3-29438a, described as Blouse made of white cotton net with floral brocaded design, ruffled collar and cuffs are white net gathered onto bright pink silk ribbon, multi-colored floral embroidery and lace-like trim around scalloped edges, outlined with a row of gold colored sequins. Blouse length 85.0 cm, width 106.5 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Blouse fragment, accession number 3-28028, described as Blouse? fragment. Cotton. Basket weave with cording on one side. Weft? floats on other; traces of embroidery at neck. White ground, yellow and green embroidery. 4.5 by 10.5 inches irregular. “San Pedro Cunzat near San Pablo, Such.”

Hearst Museum object titled Bone tool, accession number 3-27985a, described as Bone tool used in the production of a "Solomon's knot" belt (3-27985b).

Hearst Museum object titled Cinta, cofradía, accession number 3-29685, described as Cinta, cofradia: Backstrap-loom woven, balanced plain weave; Two-faced supp. weft brocading. One piece, ends loom-finished, hemmed by hand into pointed form. Three tassels added to each end.

Hearst Museum object titled Cloth, accession number 3-29736, described as Tzute, cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading; one piece. One loom-finished end selvedge, the other warps cut, twisted into individual groups like tassels.

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