Utility Cloth
Servilleta
| Native Name | Servilleta |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-161 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Pocomam |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Mixco Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Date Made: | Pre 1933 |
| Early Date: | 1928 |
| Late Date: | 1933 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 63 cm |
| Width: | 51 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 97 - Other Number |
Description
White cloth with occasional groups of pile weave threads and ends fringed. Narrow band of red, purple, orange and cerise zigzag lines near each end.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 28 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Loop weft: four singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave with loops. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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