Utility Cloth
Servilleta
| Native Name | Servilleta |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-372 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Kekchi |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Alta Verapaz Coban |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Date Made: | pre 1933 |
| Early Date: | 1928 |
| Late Date: | 1933 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 70 cm |
| Width: | 54 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 301 - Other Number |
Description
Used as tablecloth or basket cover. Yellow cotton embroidered in bands of vines and flowers in red, green and white cotton. Both ends fringed.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 18 epi, three singles, Z twist, yellow cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, three singles, Z twist, yellow cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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