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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-144, described as Guipil (Loosely woven white cotton. Brocaded all over in many colors with cotton and silk. Approximately 47 cm long, 53 cm wide.)
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-42, described as Huipil of woman; white cotton; plain and twill weaves; brocaded with cotton and silk threads in many colors; neck bound with ribbon; garment machine stitched; approximately 95 cm wide, 108 cm long; commercially spun red silk is synthetic (see letter in acc. env.)
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-48, described as Guipil" of woman; 3-48 plain weave; brocade, twill and basket weave; white cotton with multicolor brocade and twill stripes; neck bound with ribbon and velveteen and embroidered; sewn on by machine; approximately 90 cm wide, 105 cm long; For the color red, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is madder
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-44, described as Guipil" of woman; stiff white cotton; basket weave; multicolored embroidery around neck and shoulders in cotton and silk thread; approximately 1 m 20 cm wide, 1 m 17 cm long
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-60, described as Guipil" of woman; white cotton, plain weave and basket weave; green, yellow and red twilled stripes and brocading; neck bound with black velveteen; approximately 103 cm wide, 1 m long
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-249, described as Huipil (off-white cotton, plain and basket weaves. Multicolored brocaded designs in cotton and silk. Approximately 55 cm long, 82 cm wide.)
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29616, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single, two-faced, and double suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined back, front, and side seams. End selvedges loom-finished; head hole slit, bound with black velvet, stitched by hand; sleeve openings bound with black velvet, hand-stitched. Iconography is geometric, floral, vases and horizontal bands.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-53, described as Woman’s shirt (huipil); basket weave; white cotton; red and yellow and brocade; yellow and red silk embroidery around neck and seam; approximately 1m 22 cm wide, 1 m 10 cm long
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29624, described as Huipil de casamiento: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces, hand-stitched front, back and sides. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut and slit, bound with velvet; sleeves cut out and hand-stitched, faced with commercial cloth stitched by machine.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29611, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Weft-faced and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and side seams with a randa. Garment lined with commercial cloth, machine-stitched.

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