Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-203
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 42-35-203 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | Pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Tzute grande, used by both men and women to wrap tortillas, white with basket stripe, woven cross stripes of red, dark blue, light blue, green and yellow with white warps floated on the back and colored wefts floated on the front, short fringe on ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, single, Z-twist white. Weft: 36 ppi, single, Z-twist, white. Singles and doubles in overshot. Made on a floor loom." |
| Length | 96 cm |
| Width | 89 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 121-C - Other Number |
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