Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-136
From: Guatemala | San Cristobal Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan
Curatorial Section: American
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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