Utility Cloth
Servilleta
85-2-13
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 85-2-13 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | White fabric, heavily brocaded in geometric designs and animals. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, 3 ply, white cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, 2 sinlges, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 1 panel - 3 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 68 cm |
| Width | 87 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 | 13 - Other Number |
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