Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-8
From: Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 42-35-8 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Iconography | Eagle | Goat |
| Description | Striped red yellow white and black, woven in two pieces with embroidered randa, hemmed at top, embroidered figures chiefly in red and yellow cotton, four double headed eagles, two eagles facing each orher, two goats facing each other. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, red, blue, and yellow cotton. 1 single, Z twist, white, natural brown cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft: 2 faced. 2 panels - 3 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 54 cm |
| Width | 59 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | I-B - Other Number |
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