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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-239, described as Huipil (No hole for head, sides not stitched together. 3 strand basket weave, off-white cotton brocaded in dark blue and violet. Cotton 1 m 40 cm x 1 m 2 cm).
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29804, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave, single and two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos sewn front and back with machine-stitching, warps cut and hemmed by machine, head hole is slit-style where lienzos are not sewn together.
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 3-32170, described as Huipil Cotton back-strap loomed, two piece huipil, shows lots of color bleeding in the supplementary weft. White base cloth with heavy single sided supplementary weft with diamonds covering the majority of the huipil. Shoulder brocading includes diamonds and triangles. The square cut out neck embroidered with heavy purple cotton thread. The central seam appears to have either been sewn together or repaired with machine stitching (no randa).
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23519, described as Huipil; red cotton with groups of narrow warp stripes in white yellow, blue and tan; two bands of free-standing varicolored cotton brocade animal and bird figures; 59.7cm X 105.4cm wide.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29806, described as Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut and hemmed by machine stitching, joined front and back by machine-stitching, head hole cut out and finished with commercial cloth and lace.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23528, described as Huipil; white cotton repp; top 2/3rds solid bands of thick cotton brocade, red with varicolored upright zigzags alternate with bands of animals; mano is possibly a tree design; 62.2 X 100.2cm wide.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29914, described as Blouse; treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three lienzos, warps cut and hemmed by machine-stitching; joined front and back; head hole cut out, finished with commercial lace and satin cloth; geometric designs, birds; 81 cm X 99 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29807, described as Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, two lienzos, warps cut and hemmed by machine-stitching, joined front and back by randa, head hole cut out and finished with embroidered neckpiece.
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).

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