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Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 7-6681, described as Piece of slaugther apron. Cotton. Plain weave, corded, weft striped. Red and blue on white ground. Traditional weave for women's aprons. January 1969 condit. good. 24½ inches by 9 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 9-21201, described as (#8 per Eric Crystal.) Woman’s head cloth. Rectangular cloth consisting of dark blue length of cloth with a piece of red cloth sewn on at each end. Entire cloth is asymmetrical. At one end, smaller piece of red cloth, woven in balanced plain weave, red warp and weft, (41cm x 12 cm), double thickness, has red, off-white, and gold plied threads sewn almost completely around its perimeter, except at two outer corners. Here, plied threads extend beyond cloth and thread ends are ravelled, and 2 layers red cloth are separated to form pockets containing thick tassels of red, off-white, and gold threads. Threads extend ~10cm beyond red cloth. Central blue cloth is undecorated except for sewn pattern of white zig-zag lines bordered on each side by rows of bright pink stitches, near red cloth with tassels. Blue cloth is 112cm L x 40.5 cm W; at other end, where sewn to larger piece of red cloth, cloth has been folded over to accommodate narrower (36.5cm) width of this red cloth. Larger (44.5 cm x 39 cm) red cloth sewn to this end blue cloth. This cloth balanced plain weave, red warp and weft, virtually completely covered with supplementary weft pattern in purple, yellow-green, green, gold, and off-white. Large central motif is multi-colored, woven as colored bands of continuous supplementary weft. Narrow multi-colored band of small motifs at each end of central pattern is woven as discontinuous supplementary weft. These narrow bands themselves are bordered by very narrow weft stripes. Outer end folded over and hemmed; fringe of plied bundles of pink and/or off-white threads sewn to hem. One fringe has remnant of bright pink fuzzy fiber tied around end. 166cmL x 40cm W for most of length; at tassels, cloth broadens to ~45 cm W.
Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 9-21200, described as (#7 per Eric Crystal.)Old woman’s head cloth. Rectangular piece of cloth, medium brown warp and weft, with tan, blue, and brown weft stripes; wide bands of discontinuous supplementary weft patterns in blue and several shades of tan; and narrow bands of continuous supplementary weft in tan. Pattern variations noted from wide band to wide band, and within wide bands. Selvedges more closely woven than rest of cloth, with some double warps noted. 2 repaired holes noted. Warp ends cut at both ends. A number of threads of different colors noted along selvedges and at ends, as though sewn into cloth and then cut or worn off. At one end, 3 dark blue pieces of thread hanging through cloth noted; on wrong (?) side of other end, loose streak of fuzzy blue-purplish bits of fiber noted. Line of small holes resembling needle holes runs selvedge to selvedge ~2 cm from end at one end of cloth. Similar line extends ~2/3 of way from one selvedge toward the other at other end of cloth. Some parts of selvedge have bits of orange and/or white thread through cloth. 168cm L x 43.5cm W.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29596, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading, cotton. Three pieces, hand-stitched. End selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and hemmed by hand. (40 cm X 83 cm)
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-59, described as Woman’s shirt (huipil); white cotton; plain weave; upper portion green cotton, basket weave; sewn to lower portion; multicolored brocading in silk, cotton and wool; approximately 1 m wide, 1 m 18 cm long
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-145, described as Guipil (Brown cotton with some white weft stripes. Brocaded in red and orange cotton. Dark blue applique work at neck.) For the color red, the fiber is cotton and the dye result is madder. For the color pink the fiber is silk and the dye result is probable synthetic.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29594, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Single faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces joined by machine, end selvedges loom-finished. Head hole cut out and faced with manta. (43 cm X 94 cm) Multicolored.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29595, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Single faced supp. weft brocading, Cotton, singles, white with red, lavender and green. Three pieces; end selvedges loom-finished, head hole cut out, faced with manta and hand stitched. (38 cm. X 99 cm) Head hole stitched by hand, then patched with commercial cotton, two tucks on pieces.
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-21494, described as Sari; plain weave, double warps, single wefts; blue-red background with tiny yellow and light orange checks with scattered 2 faced discontinuous supplement weft motifs in white; selvage border stripes (from outside in) in dark red, bordered by alatenating narrow gold-red stripes, white red, narrow gold, pale yellow and blue stipes. 6.5 cm wide blue-green weft stripe at one end with solitary gold stripe bordered by tiny supplemental warp geometric motifs, white on one side, black on the other side. Two weft-faced light yellow stripes with tiny green checks, two narrow yellow-green check stripes with white motifs in between at other end; 1.5cm area of unwoven warp followed by woven section at both wrapdown
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-21557, described as Sari; L=540 cm x W=123 cm; 8 cm fringe knottted in bunches; magenta and turquoise ikat dyed; wide border is solid magenta; design of stepped diamonds surrounding squares; smaller yellow stepped diamonds and stepped “X”s; white stepped outlines around all designs. Note: botton and top edges of warp dyeing do not match endding of weft ikat pattern area ; 2.25 cm wide warp stripe is darger magenta.

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