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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 Child's huipil, accession number 3-32164, described as Child's huipil One piece of back-strap loom woven cotton, design being predominant red and white warp stripes. There is a prominent stripe across the chest of "bowtie" shaped figures in single sided supplementary weft with an appliqued black velvet emblem in the center. Two thirds of the huipil has stripes of supplementary weft of birds and other figures on multicolored cotton thread. There are black velvet triangles appliqued at the shoulders and at the neckline. The round neckline is cut out and interfaced with commercial blue fabric and machine sewn to the piece. One end warp is cut and left fringed and the other end the hem is rolled and sewn by a machine.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29731, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces joined front and back by handsewing. Loom-finished end selvedges; head hole cut out and finished with commercial cloth and trim.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29986, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; three pieces, all end selvages loom-finished; pieces joined by hand-stitching; headhole not cut out. 53 cm x 109 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 two-ply in white, red; 4 two-ply in dark blue, red, green, yellow, and purple. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. The outer lienzos are white with bands of multicolored supp. weft motifs that flank central red-on-red lienzo. Red-on-red lienzo has supp. weft brocading in blue and green vertical zigzags. White lienzos' motifs consist of birds on tobacco plants, stylized starts, pacaya palm leave. Unfinished headhold is square with supp. weft edging on two sides; end of supp. weft are cut and loose on inside. "Daily blouse, if worn as a veil, it becomes ceremonial." (Hun) Center lienzo is similar to a huipil from Tactic, 3-29598.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29912, described as Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three pieces of cloth joined front, back, and sides with randa; head hole cut out, hemmed by hand, bordered with embroidery and silk commercial cloth; selvedges loom-finished; geometric figures and star-shaped designs; 65 cm X 90.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30002, described as Backstrap loomed warp-faced plain weave; two-faced support weft brocading; 2 pieces joined front, back and sides with randa; two end-selvages loom-finished while other two warps are cut. Hand-hemmed, head hole slit; tassels off shoulder line. Cotton 2 singles in red; 1 two-ply in red, green, yellow, pink light blue, orange and purple. Acrylic: singles in blue; 2 ply lavender, purple, blue, green and pink. Shoulder line has series of support weft horizontal bands, whose weft ends are twisted and braided into 3 inch fringes front and back. Yoke has acrylic support weft of predominately purple color with blue, green, and pink zigzags. Two pieces are matched symmetrically at the top but bottom ends are uneven. Some basket weave in central warp stripes are joined together. Bought in Zacualpa.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28095, described as Blouse material used as shoulder wrap. Cotton in bands of heavy and light yarns. Plain weave, brocaded. White ground, yellow, red, purple designs. Triangle, lozenge motifs. See Fig. 102b, Textiles of Highland Guatemala. 52 inches by 60 inches
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23523, described as Huipil; white cotton repp; top half solid bands of cotton brocade in blue with red and green stripes and upright zigzags; 61cm X 99.1cm wide.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23455a,b, described as Two parts of a three-width huipil; a) centerpiece, white cotton warp face; red, yellow, blue weft stripes; groups of three bands of red, yellow, green, purple brocade; 55.9 x 111.7 cm.; b) Side selection; 36.8 x 101.6 cm. A note pinned to it read: "San Pedro Sacatepequez, San Marcos; often worn in San Antonio (Sacatepequez).
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29999, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece ;end selvages loom finished; head hole not cut out. 127 cm x 75 cm. Cotton 2 two-ply blue; 4 two-ply green, purple; 6 two-ply blue. Supp. weft brocading in zigzag design dominates this piece with the exception of blue borders on both ends. Colors are non-traditional cording to donor Miguel Hun.Old style ceremonial huipils from this town are usually of three lienzos; this single lienzo example was probably made for sale as a table cloth per M. Schevill.

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