Utility Cloth

Servilleta

85-2-118D

From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Servilleta
Object Number 85-2-118D
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kekchi
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Leno weave, ecru cotton with orange figures in supplementary weft. Fringed.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 24 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave and gauze weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 28 cm
Width 32 cm
Credit Line Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985
Other Number Osborne number B - Other Number

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