Utility Cloth
Servilleta
85-2-95A
From: Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 85-2-95A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton, white ground, red border stripes, brocaded with birds, brocaded borders with trees. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, 2 ply, white cotton. 72 epi, 3 ply, red and purple cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, 2 strands, 2 ply, white cotton with red and purple cross stripes (cotton). Balanced and warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 1 panel - 2 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 82 cm |
| Width | 74 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 | 95A - Other Number |
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