Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-93
From: Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Servilleta |
Object Number | 42-35-93 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Guatemalan | Mam |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Woman's cloth. White cotton hemmed at one end. Embroidered with blue, green and yellow cotton bands of birds, plants and geometric figures. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 18 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 17 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Supplementary weft is two faced brocade, cotton. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 64 cm |
Width | 60 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
Other Number | 45 - Other Number |
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