Utility Cloth

Servilleta

85-2-321

From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Servilleta
Object Number 85-2-321
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mam
Provenience Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of San Marcos
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk
Description

Orange cotton warp. Twill with weft silk stripe. Fringes on two ends, knotted.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 50 epi, single, Z twist, orange cotton. Weft: 15-19 ppi, cotton and rayon single. Overshot pattern. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 57 cm
Width 38 cm
Credit Line Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985

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