Utility Cloth
Servilleta
85-2-182
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 85-2-182 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | White cotton ground, knotted lace border with colored fringe, float weave, long selvedge stripes in green. Bands of flower designs and stripes of red and purple in block design. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 56 epi (64 epi in borders) 2 ply white and 2 ply green. Weft: floral border 26, 2 singles, Z-twist. Supplemental weft: double faced multicolored. Center - white overshot. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 110 cm |
| Width | 43 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 | 182 - Other Number |
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