Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-323
From: Guatemala | San Lucas Toliman | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 42-35-323 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tzutujil | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Lucas Toliman | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | For wrapping tortillas, white with three coarsely brocaded compound bands of blue, red, green, yellow and violet stripes, four rows of Z and V figures, short fringe on ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 26 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Supplemental weft: 2 faced brocad. Warp predominantly plain weave. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 82 cm |
| Width | 74.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 249-C - Other Number |
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