Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-176
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 42-35-176 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | Pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's, for wrapping food, white with embroidered border of red yellow and blue wavy lines and three rows of small embroidered birds burros and lizards[?]. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, 3 singles, white Z-twist. Weft: 20 ppi, 3 singles, white, Z twist. Supplemental weft: dbl. faced multicolor. Balanced plain weave. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 52 cm |
| Width | 46.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 101-D - Other Number |
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