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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 3-27946, described as [ cat card "bag maguey woven and plaited, twined center band. Colors natural with a little green in the cord. 9 3/8 x 34 1/2" See fig 60 a-d LMO Textiles of Highland Guatemala]
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-32198, described as Open-mouth basket made of pine needles, coiled and sewn with natural raffia. Handles has open stitch faggoting work.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-32197a,b, described as Flat, circular woven basket with knobbed lid. Made of dyed black pine needles, coiled sewn with natural and black dyed raffia. Center of basket body and lid with raffia open work.
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-30015, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; warp ends cut; last 8.5" of warps on each end braided together and knotted off to create fringes. 215.5 x 6.5 cm. Woman's belt. Cotton: 1 two-ply in dark green; 1 three-ply in light green; 2 two-ply in black and white. Mercerized cotton: 5 two-ply in magenta, dark and light blue, purple, red, roange, yellow, pink and green.
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-29945, described as Backstap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single and two-faced supp. weft brocading one piece; ends cut and uncut, braided into two tassels at each end; cut warps at one end are also knotted together. Native name and meaning: Faja/Belt, Mujer/Woman's. Materials, techniques: Acrylic two, 2-ply red, green and yellow, and four, 2-ply red. Acrylic supp. weft brocading in three, 2-ply white, fuchsia, bright pink and orange; four 2-ply in turquoise, green, coral, purple, orange and royal blue; cotton or rayon. Context of use: Collected by Linda Green during UREP expedition in 1991. Woven by Isabel Quitz between July-November 1991. Predominately red with yellow and green stripes; multicolored single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. Two tassels at each end of the faja, created by braiding warps together. Brocading done at each end of faja, while the center portion left undecorated. One end of faja has double motif in each register (i.e. two birds/register), while the other end of faja has single motif/register. The single motifs are bordered on each side with smaller geometric figures (similar to "snowflakes"). Birds and geometric iconography.
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28194, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Belt Materials: Cotton, Technique: Plain weave, warp faced, fringed Colors: Red ground, green, yellow, black, or orange stripes Dimensions: 109 x 8 3/4" Remarks: See Fig. 121i Textiles of Highland Guatemala, LMO ]
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-30014, described as Backstrap -loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; warp ends cut and uncut cut warps are then knotted together; warps left unwoven for last 7-8" on each end to create a fringe. 74 cm x 5.5 cm. Child's belt. Cotton: 6 three-ply in purple; Acrylic (?): 1 two ply in violet, pule, fuchsia, royal blue, orange, green and white. Predominately purple with stripes and geometric blocks in green, blue, orange, white and fuchsia.
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-28196, described as Belt Materials: Cotton, silk Technique: Warp faced, brocaded Colors: Varicolored Dimensions: 72 x 4 1/4" Remarks: See Fig 122g Textiles of Highland Guatemala LMO ]
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-24340, described as Blouse; cotton; varicolored heavy brocade, mostly red, natural ground, geometric designs, red border. 57 cm length, x 89 width. Worn by women, old style.
Hearst Museum object titled Coin purse, accession number 3-29198, described as Coin purse; red cotton with varicolored brocaded bands, and geometric designs; zipper top. 15 x 12 cm. Made for sale.

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