Utility Cloth

Servilleta

42-35-136

From: Guatemala | San Cristobal Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Servilleta
Object Number 42-35-136
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | San Cristobal Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Man's cloth for carrying food. Plaid warp of blue-black and white. Wefts are blue-black, green, white and red. Black and white ikat. Fringed at both ends.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, single, Z twist, white and blue cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, single, Z twist, blue cotton. Two singles, multicolored cotton. Balanced plain weave."

Length 75 cm
Width 71 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 70-C - Other Number

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