Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-7
From: Guatemala | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 42-35-7 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | White with broad compound stripes of natural brown, woven in two pieces with embroidered randa, hemmed at upper end, bold embroidered figurres seven rearing and three standing animals, ten women [paper dolls] chiefly in red cotton with yellow green and blue spots. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 50 epi, single, Z twist, white and natural brown cotton. Weft: 34 ppi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced - plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 2 panels - 3 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 74 cm |
| Width | 75.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | I-A - Other Number |
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