Napkin

Museum number:
3-237
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
237 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Toalla or servillete (sic) (Cotton-white, plain weave and brocade with brocaded and twilled stripes of red, yellow, and blues. 65 cm x 64 cm)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mam and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Napkins (culinary textiles)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 64 centimeters and length 66 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also p. 127 Schevill; see references below.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Napkin, accession number 3-237, described as Toalla or servillete (sic) (Cotton-white, plain weave and brocade with brocaded and twilled stripes of red, yellow, and blues. 65 cm x 64 cm)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Napkin, accession number 3-237, described as Toalla or servillete (sic) (Cotton-white, plain weave and brocade with brocaded and twilled stripes of red, yellow, and blues. 65 cm x 64 cm)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Napkin, accession number 3-237, described as Toalla or servillete (sic) (Cotton-white, plain weave and brocade with brocaded and twilled stripes of red, yellow, and blues. 65 cm x 64 cm)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Napkin, accession number 3-237, described as Toalla or servillete (sic) (Cotton-white, plain weave and brocade with brocaded and twilled stripes of red, yellow, and blues. 65 cm x 64 cm)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Napkin, accession number 3-237, described as Toalla or servillete (sic) (Cotton-white, plain weave and brocade with brocaded and twilled stripes of red, yellow, and blues. 65 cm x 64 cm)

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