Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-215
From: Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 42-35-215 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Called "colador" because of open weave, white, two wefts engaging two warps, three narrow stripes, red blue red, at each end, short fringe at ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 22 epi, 2 singles, white. Weft: 16 ppi, 2 singles, white, red, blue. Balanced plain weave. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 44 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 129-E - Other Number |
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