Utility Cloth

Servilleta

29-60-18

From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Cahabon

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Servilleta
Object Number 29-60-18
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Cahabon
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Ends fringed. Red and white checks. White is Indian yarn, red is foreign.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. 32 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 13 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. 18 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 140 cm
Width 46 cm
Credit Line Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920
Other Number 270 - Field No SF

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