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Start Over Collection place Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Fiber, accession number 3-27988, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: fiber pad Materials: cotton Technique: Colors: White Dimensions: Remarks: ]
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Funnel with handle, accession number 3-25540, described as Funnel; tin, with handle 12 cm high; 8 cm diameter. Native name: Embuda. Material, techniques: tin pork and beans can. Context of use: Used to pour gasoline into lamps, etc. Made by a factory of sorts: ojelateria.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harness, accession number 3-25495, described as Harness (gamazon); mule or horse; fiber. Four spots on harness dyed purple.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil fragment, accession number 3-28152, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: half of child's blouse Materials: Cotton, silk Technique: Basket weave, designs in soumak technique Colors: Red ground varicolored designs; striped Dimensions: 42 x 11" Remarks: Bead, wave motives. Factory woven. See Fig. 101d Textiles of Highland Guatemala, LMO ]
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Incense, accession number 3-25499, described as Incense; bundle of loose pieces; 1 lb. Native name: Toraca. Materials, techniques: used as incense in church. Pine.
Hearst Museum object titled Kerchief, accession number 3-28163, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief material Materials: Cotton, silk Technique: Plain weave, warp faced, brocaded center section unwoven, some jaspe Colors: Red ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 49 x 12 1/4" Remarks: Geometric motives ]
Hearst Museum object titled Kerchief, accession number 3-28171, described as Kerchief. Cotton, silk. Plain weave, warp faced, brocaded; some jaspe. Red ground, varicolored designs. 24 by 21.5 inches. V, N backward motives. January 1969 Condition good.
Hearst Museum object titled Loom, accession number 3-28049, described as Model loom with warp set for net with end fringes Materials: Wood loom with cotton warp Technique: Spanish derived colors: white warp Dimensions: 6" beams Remarks: see fig 19j, Textiles of Highland Guatemala LMO
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle and mesh, accession number 3-14986a,b, described as Net making needle (a) and mesh gauge (b).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Net and weights, accession number 3-14985, described as Atarraya" fish net made June 1956 by Rufion Avendano, who learned the art while doing military service. Used to take "pepesca" dish (a sardine) and "mojarra" from Lake Atitlan. English thread, "Carrizo #10" doubled with a taravia. (Some atarrayas for smaller fish have single thread only). "Bolsa" is the pocket where fish are trapped around the circumference. Remainder of net is the "pano." "Tirantes de la bolsa" are cords holding the bolsa. "Cohoyo" is the tip where cord joins net. Mesh called "amalla." "Crecientes" are places where mesh widens thru insertion of extra mesh. This net has twelve crecientes. First creciente comes are four fingers ("dedos") from the cohoyo, the others are "cada dos vueltos,"each two circumferences. Thirty-eight points cohoyo to lead weights where stitches are added to widen net. This size mesh is called "amalla oscura. Rufino also makes an atarraya with a larger mesh and single thread, called "amalla clara," and a still larger mesh known as "la mojarrera." Amalla oscura is also called "sallero." This net is 6.5 "cuartes" tall. It took twenty-five days to make. The cord joining the cohoyo is of cotton thread, local product (Guatemala) known as "crea."This cord is called the "cordel." Net knot is called "numero ocho" becuase it looks like a figure 8. This net has eight lubras (according to the maker) of plomo weights. (Rufino also makes a "trasmallo" net which, unlike Spanish trasmallos, has only a single pano).

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