Utility Cloth

Servilleta

85-2-95H

From: Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Servilleta
Object Number 85-2-95H
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pocomam
Provenience Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Cotton, white ground, all over brocaded with animals and birds, floral brocaded border on four sides.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 28 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplemental - two faced. 1 panel - 3 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom."

Length 79 cm
Width 78 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 95H - Other Number

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