Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-9
From: Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 42-35-9 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | White with red yellow and natural brown compound stripes, woven in two pieces with embroidered randa, hemmed at top, embroidered figures chiefly in red and yellow cotton, twelve paper dolls, nine dancers, red cottton thread-madder dye [Robert Carlsen 1984]. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 68 epi, single, Z twist, white and natural brown cotton. 2 singles, Z twist, yellow and red cotton. Weft: 26 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 | 67 cm |
| Width | 74.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | I-C - Other Number |
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