Utility Cloth

Servilleta

85-2-286

From: Guatemala | Department of Solola

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Servilleta
Object Number 85-2-286
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Solola
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Woman's, brown ground with white brocade, geometric design on one border.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, single, Z twist brown cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, two singles, Z twist, brown cotton. Supplemental weft: 2 faced, warp predominant plain weave. Made on a backstrap loom."

Length 118 cm
Width 37 cm
Credit Line Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985

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