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Utility Cloth

Servilleta

Native NameServilleta
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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