Utility Cloth

Servilleta

29-60-17

From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Cahabon

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Servilleta
Object Number 29-60-17
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Cahabon
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Ends fringed. White, blue and yellow stripes. White is Indian yarn, others foreign.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. 44 epi, two singles, Z twist, blue cotton. 48 epi, two singles, Z twist, yellow cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Height 54 cm
Length 135 cm
Credit Line Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920
Other Number 269 - Field No SF

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