Utility Cloth
Servilleta
85-2-95F
From: Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 85-2-95F |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton cloth. White ground brocaded all over with purple and red dots and patterns of birds and animals. Very old. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 46 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 30 ppi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 85 cm |
| Width | 74 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 95F - Other Number |
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