Utility Cloth

Servilleta

42-35-88

From: Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Concepcion Chiquirichapa

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Servilleta
Object Number 42-35-88
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Guatemalan | Mam
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Concepcion Chiquirichapa
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Man's cloth. White cotton embroidered in red, yellow, green and blue in bands of geometric designs. Hemmed at one end.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 32 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Supplementary weft is two faced brocade cotton. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 72 cm
Width 62 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 50-B - Other Number

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