Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece, top and bottom warps cut, knotted into fringe: top 3 1/2", bottom 2 1/2".
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Palín, Escuintla, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Escuintla; Palin
Culture or time period:
Poqomam
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 82.5 centimeters and length 62.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed with white and red cotton thread. Native name and meaning: Servilleta- multipurpose cloth. CONTEXT OF USE: Tape #41, $10. Same vertical ridge technique for returns of suppl. weft yarns as in 3-29697. Morado hilo de Cantel (carizo), lavender Cantel yarn less twisted than spool yarn from U.S. or France. Cantel yarn always pre-dyed (Arriola de Geng). See also 3-29697 and 3-29699 CONSERVATION: overall good, light stains.