Utility Cloth
Servilleta
29-60-19
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Cahabon
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 29-60-19 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Cahabon |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Natural brown cotton ground with red, white, blue and brown checks. Red and blue are foreign yarn, white and brown Indian yarn. Ends fringed. See 29-60-29. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 26 epi, two singles, Z twist, blue cotton. 14 epi, singles, Z twist, natural brown cotton. 48 epi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 14 ppi, single, Z twist, white cotton. 16 ppi, four singles, Z twist, red cotton. 16 ppi, single, Z twist, blue cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 127 cm |
| Width | 54 cm |
| Credit Line | Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920 |
| Other Number | 271 - Field No SF |
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