Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-93
From: Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 42-35-93 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Martin Sacatepequez | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's cloth. White cotton hemmed at one end. Embroidered with blue, green and yellow cotton bands of birds, plants and geometric figures. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 18 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 17 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Supplementary weft is two faced brocade, cotton. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 64 cm |
| Width | 60 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 45 - Other Number |
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