Utility Cloth
Servilleta
61-10-2
From: Guatemala | Department of Sacatepequez | San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 61-10-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Sacatepequez | San Antonio Aguas Calientes |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Iconography | Figures | Animals | Flowers |
| Description | One piece of cloth brocaded decoration: 12 cm band of multicolored stripes at each end; blue center broken by ten 1/2 cm wide white sttripes; 3 rows of figures in the blue. Small tassels form fringe on either end. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 62 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Weft: 32 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft: double faced (figures), single faced (stripes). Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 24.5 cm |
| Width | 20.34 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Raymond T. Parrot, 1961 |
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