Utility Cloth

Servilleta

85-2-95J

From: Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Servilleta
Object Number 85-2-95J
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pocomam
Provenience Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Cotton, white ground, all over brocaded design with animals, border on four sides with brocaded double headed eagles.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 1 panel - 3 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom."

Length 80 cm
Width 75 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 95J - Other Number

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