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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23539, described as Huipil width; white cotton; upper half bands of red, yellow and blue twill alternate with bands of blue cotton brocade in geometric and plant designs; 123.2 cm. complete length x 69.8 cm. Paired warps, single wefts.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29731, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. Three pieces joined front and back by handsewing. Loom-finished end selvedges; head hole cut out and finished with commercial cloth and trim.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29986, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; single-faced supp. weft brocading; three pieces, all end selvages loom-finished; pieces joined by hand-stitching; headhole not cut out. 53 cm x 109 cm. Native name and meaning: Huipil/Blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 two-ply in white, red; 4 two-ply in dark blue, red, green, yellow, and purple. Context of use: Collected by Miguel Hun and donated to the museum in 1991. The outer lienzos are white with bands of multicolored supp. weft motifs that flank central red-on-red lienzo. Red-on-red lienzo has supp. weft brocading in blue and green vertical zigzags. White lienzos' motifs consist of birds on tobacco plants, stylized starts, pacaya palm leave. Unfinished headhold is square with supp. weft edging on two sides; end of supp. weft are cut and loose on inside. "Daily blouse, if worn as a veil, it becomes ceremonial." (Hun) Center lienzo is similar to a huipil from Tactic, 3-29598.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29912, described as Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, three pieces of cloth joined front, back, and sides with randa; head hole cut out, hemmed by hand, bordered with embroidery and silk commercial cloth; selvedges loom-finished; geometric figures and star-shaped designs; 65 cm X 90.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-30002, described as Backstrap loomed warp-faced plain weave; two-faced support weft brocading; 2 pieces joined front, back and sides with randa; two end-selvages loom-finished while other two warps are cut. Hand-hemmed, head hole slit; tassels off shoulder line. Cotton 2 singles in red; 1 two-ply in red, green, yellow, pink light blue, orange and purple. Acrylic: singles in blue; 2 ply lavender, purple, blue, green and pink. Shoulder line has series of support weft horizontal bands, whose weft ends are twisted and braided into 3 inch fringes front and back. Yoke has acrylic support weft of predominately purple color with blue, green, and pink zigzags. Two pieces are matched symmetrically at the top but bottom ends are uneven. Some basket weave in central warp stripes are joined together. Bought in Zacualpa.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-28095, described as Blouse material used as shoulder wrap. Cotton in bands of heavy and light yarns. Plain weave, brocaded. White ground, yellow, red, purple designs. Triangle, lozenge motifs. See Fig. 102b, Textiles of Highland Guatemala. 52 inches by 60 inches
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-17597, described as Huipil; plain all-over gauze [white] and weft brocade [multicolored]; some embroidery; 4 vertical red bands of ribbon on garment
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23523, described as Huipil; white cotton repp; top half solid bands of cotton brocade in blue with red and green stripes and upright zigzags; 61cm X 99.1cm wide.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-23122, described as Huipil. Bleached muslin. Neck and hem decorated with purple commercial thread embroidery. Machine running loops and circles. Unfinished. Sides unsewn. Length 102 cm. Width 79 cm. Cf. 25-3483-92; 13-5867 and 13-6004-05. See field notes in accession envelope. Bleached muslin. Embroidery. Context of use: 3-23120, 3-23121 or 3-23122 and 3-23124 comprise Yucatecan woman’s everyday dress.
Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29654, described as Huipil: Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined front, back and sides by machine stitching. One end selvedge loom-finished, other end warps cut, hemmed with machine stitching;. Head hole cut out, bound with purple velvet with medallion on back and front and shoulders made from same purple velvet and decorated with embroidery. Sleeve openings faced with manta hand-stitched.

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