Object class: Worn costume accessories / Materials: Wool (textile) / Taxon: Dactylopius coccus - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cinta, accession number 3-32182, described as Cinta, handwoven band, burgundy wool of natural dyes indigo and cochineal. Some fraying shows what appears to be white warp and weft base cloth, overlaid with burgundy wool and black selvage stripes.

Hearst Museum object titled Woman's belt, accession number 3-94, described as Faja or woman’s waistband; 3-94 like 3-93, with the addition of red silk embroidery covering 80 cm from one end; red and orange silk thread has been twisted with the warp ends as fringe; approximately 2 m 72 cm long plus fringe, 4.7 cm wide; Purplish silk floss is cochineal (see letter in acc env.)