Utility Cloth

Servilleta

42-35-378

From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Servilleta
Object Number 42-35-378
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pocomchi
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic
Culture Area Central American
Date Made pre 1938
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Cofradia table cloth. Two pieces faggoted with red and white cotton. Embroidered in red, yellow and white cotton in compound dentate bands of plants with small birds, dots and conventional figures. Netted fringe at both ends with green and white tassels.

Length 171 cm
Width 35.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number X-2 - Other Number

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