Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-245
From: Guatemala | Department of Sacatepequez | San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Curatorial Section: American
| 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 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| 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." |
| Length | 79 cm |
| Width | 47 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 168-A - Collector Number |
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