Utility Cloth
Servilleta
42-35-227
From: Guatemala | San Raimundo | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Servilleta |
| Object Number | 42-35-227 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Raimundo | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | -1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | For carrying tortilla basket, also doubled and worn on the head, white with narrow twilled bands, ends striped with red of various widths sometimes bordered by a line of blue, ends fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, single, Z-twist. Weft: 36 ppi, 2 singles, white, red and black. Balanced plain weave and weft faced twill weave in red and black stripes. Made on a floor loom." |
| Length | 92 cm |
| Width | 84 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 148 - Other Number |
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