Utility Cloth
Servilleta
85-2-286
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
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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