Napkins

Museum number:
3-32188a-l
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210332188a@2dl
Alternate number:
ACW Guatemala #31 (previous number, Margot Schevill checklist number)
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Description:
Cotton, hand loomed, woven napkins. All cut from one warp. Purple and selvage stripes with multiple colors. Warp threads are cut and left as loose fringe.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Antigua
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Napkins (culinary textiles)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
March 6, 2017
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
whole (average)— length 13.5 centimeters, whole (average)— depth 0.1 centimeters, and whole (average)— width 13.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Napkins, accession number 3-32188a-l, described as Cotton, hand loomed, woven napkins. All cut from one warp. Purple and selvage stripes with multiple colors. Warp threads are cut and left as loose fringe.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Napkins, accession number 3-32188a-l, described as Cotton, hand loomed, woven napkins. All cut from one warp. Purple and selvage stripes with multiple colors. Warp threads are cut and left as loose fringe.

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