Utility Cloth
Servilleta
| Native Name | Servilleta |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-245 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Sacatepequez San Antonio Aguas Calientes |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Date Made: | pre 1933 |
| Early Date: | 1928 |
| Late Date: | 1933 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Length: | 79 cm |
| Width: | 47 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 168-A - Collector Number |
Description
Used as a tablecloth, particularly under figures of saints, black cotton, ends with many narrow bands, center with bird and plant figures, red, green, yellow, blue, violet and white cotton, rose silk, deep fringe on ends.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 58 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, navy cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, multiple strand, navy cotton ground. Supplemental weft: single faced, 2 faced (zig-zag), double faced: birds and stars. Warp plain weave ground. Made on a backstrap loom."
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