Utility Cloth
Servilleta
| Native Name | Servilleta |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 91-36-4 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Guatemalan Cakchiquel Quiche |
| Provenience: | Guatemala San Juan Sacatepequez (uncertain) Santo Tomas Chichicastenango (uncertain) Department of Guatemala Department of El Quiche |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Iconography: | Monkey Bird |
| Length: | 112 cm |
| Width: | 46 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Clifford Lewis III, 1991 |
Description
One panel with 2 selvedges; frayed ends. Dark ground with 1" wide stripe on each side. Weft brocade: monkeys and two-headed birds in white, red, yellow cotton and bands of zigzag motifs in red and yellow.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 ep single Z-twist blue cotton and 56 epi single Z-twisted white cotton. Weft: 28 ppi two single Z-twist dark blue cotton. Plain weave, warp-predominant. Supplementary weft: two-faced; 4 single Z-twist white cotton and 4 to 5 single Z-twist red and yellow cotton. Made on a backstrap loom."
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