Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-244
From: Guatemala | Department of Sacatepequez | San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 42-35-244 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Sacatepequez | San Antonio Aguas Calientes |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Used as a table cloth, particularly under figures of saints, red cotton, warp ends netted inpoints and tasseled, cross stripes of blue, green, yellow and white in combination, two rows of flowers embroidered in the same colors, some with centers of green or rose silk. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, 2 singles, Z-twist, red cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, 2 singles, Z-twist, red cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft: single face (striped 2 faced diamond, double faced figures). |
| Length | 68 cm |
| Width | 58 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 167-B - Other Number |
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