Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-88
From: Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Concepcion Chiquirichapa
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 42-35-88 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Concepcion Chiquirichapa |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's cloth. White cotton embroidered in red, yellow, green and blue in bands of geometric designs. Hemmed at one end. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 32 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Supplementary weft is two faced brocade cotton. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 72 cm |
| Width | 62 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 50-B - Other Number |
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