Utility Cloth
Servilleta
| Native Name | Servilleta |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-95A |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Pocomam |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Palin Department of Escuintla |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 82 cm |
| Width: | 74 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number: | 95A - Other Number |
Description
Cotton, white ground, red border stripes, brocaded with birds, brocaded borders with trees.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, 2 ply, white cotton. 72 epi, 3 ply, red and purple cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, 2 strands, 2 ply, white cotton with red and purple cross stripes (cotton). Balanced and warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 1 panel - 2 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom."
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