Object class: Textile samples / Object type: ethnography / Collection place: Guatemala Department, Guatemala - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cloth, accession number 3-23514, described as âHuipilâ White cotton warp face with raised self-square; free-standing cotton brocade figures of birds and trees in red and purpura; thick âmanoâ ditto; red and blue borders. 59.7 cm length by 111.8 cm width Provenience: Guatemala; Guatemala Dept.; San Pedro Sacatepequez attributed. Materials: Cotton warp face; cotton brocade

Hearst Museum object titled Cloth, accession number 3-23513, described as âHuipilâ White cotton warp face with raised self-square; free-standing animal and bird varicolored cotton motifs; one row of larger figures; red and purple âmanoâ edges trimmed in red and green. 62.2 cm length by 106.7 cm width Provenience: Guatemala; Guatemala Dept.; San Pedro Sacatepequez attributed. Materials: Cotton warp face

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 3-29968, described as Treadle-loomed, balance plain weave, warps cut, 1pc. stitched French seam

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29981, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; loom-finished. 46 cm x 24 cm. Native name/meaning: gorra/child's cap. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 and 3 singles, red; 2 two-ply in blue and green. Mercerzied cotton: 8 two-ply in blue, yellow, green, lavender, pink, orange, purple, and maroon. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun in the 1980s and donated to the museum in 1991. Red background with narrow blue warp stripes and .25" green warp stripes on both selvages. One band each of hens (1.5" wide) and "avispas" (1" wide) and two bands of geometric motifs (7/8" wide). All the supp. weft brocading is located on one selvage end of the textile. To create the cap, the two ends are joined an shaped according to the young child's head.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29993, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; end selvages loom-finished. 60 cm x 66 cm. Native name and meaning: Tzute de Mujer/ Woman's multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 12 singles in red; two-ply in purpose, yellow, green, lavender, and black/white (fake jaspe). Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated it to the Museum in 1991. Multicolored width of warp stripes punctuated by "fake jaspes"; some weft knots and exposed wefts protrude out from the otherwise completely covered wefts; selvages show red-weft as wrap stitch. Purchased between 1980-1985 (Hun). A fake jaspe effect occurs when black and white yarns are twisted together and used as a weft (Schevill).

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29974, described as Handband-loomed, weft-faced plain and tapestry weaves; one piece; warps cut then looped and knotted into added silk fringe. 258.5 cm x 4.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Cinta/headband. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 singles in red, 3 singles in white; Artisela (artificial silk) in multicolors. Context of use: Woven in Totonicapan for use in this town (San Juan Sacatepequez). This colorful cinta relates directly to two others (3-29703 and 3-29704) in design, techniques, and locale. Silk floss added through looped warps of white cotton to create fringe on each end; fringe is approximately 4.5" long. The collector commented on the large stain on the central red portion, which he said was blood; this stain occurred in the 1980s. Iconography consists of ducks, rabbits, geometrics and horizontal stripes.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29973, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece; ends cut and finished off with embroidery; fringe at each end is added on and approximately 8" long. Fringe is multicolored, although each section of color is plied together to create monochrome strands; these strands are then knotted at the ends. 146.5 cm x 6.5 cm. Native name/meaning: faja mujer/woman's belt. Materials, techniques: Wool: 2 singles in black, 1 two-ply in black and white. Embroidery: silk floss in blue, gold, orange, peach, purple, and pink, Context of use: This kind of black and white striped belt is woven in Chichicastenango and other highland towns but is adapted to local styles in other towns. This is done by using specific iconography, in this case worms. The fringe is multicolored two-ply cotton, twisted and knotted and is attached to ends of belt via hand-stitching. A similar style of belt is used in Santo Domingo Xenacoj. (Schevill:60). Iconography consists of worms ("gusanos") and vertical stripes.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29954, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; two lienzos joined front and back with randa; ends loom-finished, head hole cut out and finished with embroidery yarn. 71 cm x 115.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 5 singles red; one two-ply red, yellow, brown purple, green and white; three two-ply in light and dark orange, pink; 5 two-ply in green, yellow, dark blue, purple. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. This very brightly colored huipil is characteristic of its locale in that it relies on warp stripes and large animal iconography in its design; the sides are open, the head hole has been finished with green cotton yarn in a wrap-stitch around the circular opening; the characteristic supp. weft appears on the shoulder and yoke area only.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29989, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; two pieces joined with hand stitching; all four selvages loom-finished. 123 cm x 115.5 cm. Native name and meaning: Tzute/Multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 4 singles, red; 1 two-ply in red, light and dark brown, light and dark green, blue, purple, yellow, and orange; 8 two-ply in brown, light and dark blue, yellow, green, red, orange, and purple. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated it the museum in 1991. Multicolored warp stripes of varying width on two pieces; large animal motifs of supp. weft at both bottom corners. Iconography consists of: thorned arch, roosters and tree-of-life.