Utility Cloth
Chivo
| Native Name | Chivo |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-108B |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Pocomam |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Mixco Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 71 cm |
| Width: | 66 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
Description
White cotton ground. Weft threads form fringed stripes in red, white and blue. Cloth used for wrapping tortillas.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 24 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft: loops, red, blue and white cotton, two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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