Collection place: Quiché Department, Guatemala / Materials: Cotton (textile) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 3-27951, described as [card cat "bag cotton Hourglass looping Technique: Color White 11 x 12.25", doubled

Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 3-28191, described as Belt. Cotton, silk. Warp faced, embroidered, fringed. Black and white warp stripes, varicolored end. 68.5 by 1.375 inches. Geometric motives. See Fig. 122d, Textiles of Highland Guatemala LMO

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-27367, described as belt; cotton warp face; warp stripes in red, green, purple, white; ikat design on center stripe; l. 1.86 M.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-29991, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; warps cut and crocheted into tassels with pompoms added. 159.5 cm x 25.5 cm. Native name and meaning: Faja, Hombre/ Man's belt. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 3 and 4 singles in red; mercerized cotton (sedalina?): 2 two-ply in yellow, maroon, orange, gold; 4 two-ply in orange, purple, aqua; 6 two-ply in light and dark green, light and dark blue and white. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun, who donated it to the museum in 1991. This faja has 2 areas of supp. weft multicolored yarns: one area is 15 inches in length and the other is 9.5 inches. Warps are crocheted into 10 tabs onto which pompoms of different colors are attached. Posts are worked into crochet work on one end before the tabs and are done in multicolors; total length of fringe is 4". "Observe intricacy of tassels." (Hun) Iconography consists of diamonds, zigzags, and triangles.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-29937, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, one piece, cut warps create fringes.

Hearst Museum object titled Cinta, accession number 3-86, described as Woman’s headband or cinta; twilled wool and cotton; red with green and off-white portions; approximately 3 m 26 cm, 1.6 cm wide

Hearst Museum object titled Cinta, cofradía, accession number 3-29685, described as Cinta, cofradia: Backstrap-loom woven, balanced plain weave; Two-faced supp. weft brocading. One piece, ends loom-finished, hemmed by hand into pointed form. Three tassels added to each end.

Hearst Museum object titled Cinta de pelo, accession number 3-29687, described as Cinta de pelo (mujer): Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece. Warps cut and macramed; pompoms of multicolored wool at added at both ends.

Hearst Museum object titled Delantal, accession number 3-149, described as Woman’s garment or delantal. (Diamond twill cotton. Multicolored stripes. Cotton and silk.)

Hearst Museum object titled Faja, accession number 3-157, described as Woman’s waistband (faja). (Cotton with cotton and sisal or straw warp. Red, green, yellow, black, and white warp ends. Braided. 2 at one end, 3 at other. 1 m 41 cm long, 3.6 cm wide.)

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