Utility Cloth

Servilleta

42-35-215

From: Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Servilleta
Object Number 42-35-215
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Date Made pre 1933
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Called "colador" because of open weave, white, two wefts engaging two warps, three narrow stripes, red blue red, at each end, short fringe at ends.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 22 epi, 2 singles, white. Weft: 16 ppi, 2 singles, white, red, blue. Balanced plain weave. Made on a backstrap loom."

Length 44 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number 129-E - Other Number

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