Object class: Worn costume accessories / Collection place: Quiché Department, Guatemala - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 3-28178, described as Belt. Wool. Plain weave, fringed. Red. 2.75 by 100 inches. January 1969 Condition good.

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 3-28210, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Belt Materials: Cotton Technique: Warp faced Colors: black and white warp stripes Dimensions: 118 x 1 3/4" Remarks: See Fig. 120k 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 Head cloth, accession number 3-29232, described as Textile/ utility cloth/ tzute; red and white cotton warp face with abstracted double headed eagle design in varicolored brocading; zigzags, diamonds, rosettes, etc.; row of small birds above and below; four purple cotton corner tassels; 72.5 x 77.5 cm. Man's utility cloth; head covering, shoulder cloth, carrying cloth. Made in 1970's. Per Ann Rowe to wear the tzute, it is folded in half diagonally, with the fold low over the forehead. The two ends at the extremities of the fold are tied over the ends that hang down in back. The tassels often hang down in back; sometimes those from the tied corners hang down in front. Often the tzute is worn with the wrong side of the weaving facing out, presumably to protect the right side. For certain religious functions, the tzute is removed from the head and draped over the shoulders. Textile analysis form in accession envelope.

Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 3-29231, described as Textile/ utility cloth/ tzute; cotton with varicolored zigzag bands with row of birds at top, row of four legged animals below; red warp face with black stripes; two loom widths sewn together; maroon cotton corner tassels; 74 X 82.5 cm. Shawl/ head covering/ carrying cloth. Design said to be "feathered serpent effect." This example is a "male tzute." Made in 1980's. Per Ann Rowe to wear the tzute, it is folded in half diagonally, with the fold low over the forehead. The two ends at the extremities of the fold are tied over the ends that hang down in back. The tassels often hang down in back; sometimes those from the tied corners hang down in front. Often the tzute is worn with the wrong side of the weaving facing out, presumably to protect the right side. For certain religious functions, the tzute is removed from the head and draped over the shoulders. Textile analysis form in accession envelope.