Utility Cloth
Servilleta
| Native Name | Servilleta |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 91-36-3 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Guatemalan Cakchiquel Quiche |
| Provenience: | Guatemala San Juan Sacatepequez (uncertain) Santo Tomas Chichicastenango (uncertain) Department of El Quiche |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Iconography: | Monkey Bird |
| Length: | 110 cm |
| Width: | 45.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Clifford Lewis III, 1991 |
Description
One panel made up of 2 selvedges and frayed ends. Dark blue ground with 1" wide stripe on each side. Weft brocade: monkeys and two headed birds in white, yellow and red bands of zig-zag motif. Warp: 38 ep single Z-twisted blue cotton and 54 epi eingle Z-twisted white cotton. Weft: 26 ppi two single Z-twisted dark blue cotton. Plain weave, warp-predominant. Supplementary weft: 3 single Z-twisted white and yellow cotton. Weft brocade: two-faced. Made on a backstrap loom.
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