Collection place: Totonicapán Department, Guatemala / Materials: Silk (floss) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cinta, accession number 3-71, described as Child’s headband or cinta; twill and plain weaves; multicolored; silk; pom-pom with tassel on each end; approximately 66 cm long plus fringe, 1 cm wide

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 3-90, described as Woman’s headband or cinta; twilled plain weave; wool and cotton; red with multicolored stripes and designs; approximately 1 m 92 cm long, 3 cm wide

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-48, described as Guipil" of woman; 3-48 plain weave; brocade, twill and basket weave; white cotton with multicolor brocade and twill stripes; neck bound with ribbon and velveteen and embroidered; sewn on by machine; approximately 90 cm wide, 105 cm long; For the color red, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is madder

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-42, described as Huipil of woman; white cotton; plain and twill weaves; brocaded with cotton and silk threads in many colors; neck bound with ribbon; garment machine stitched; approximately 95 cm wide, 108 cm long; commercially spun red silk is synthetic (see letter in acc. env.)

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-44, described as Guipil" of woman; stiff white cotton; basket weave; multicolored embroidery around neck and shoulders in cotton and silk thread; approximately 1 m 20 cm wide, 1 m 17 cm long

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-60, described as Guipil" of woman; white cotton, plain weave and basket weave; green, yellow and red twilled stripes and brocading; neck bound with black velveteen; approximately 103 cm wide, 1 m long

Hearst Museum object titled Perraje, accession number 3-63, described as Woman’s shawl (perraje); cotton and silk; plain weave; stripes with ikat designs; one says “Isidro Tzunun”; cut warps forms fringe at bottom; approximately 56 cm wide, 78 cm long