Servilleta: Treadle-loomed, balanced plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading. One piece, warps cut to create small tassels.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango
Culture or time period:
Mam
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:
1940s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 94 centimeters and width 80 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Single cotton yarn, predominantly in white, also blue, pale green and red. Native name and meaning: Servilleta-multi-purpose cloth CONTEXT OF USE: Very fine cloth. The supplementary weft brocading has patterning with a ribbed effect. In a corner is a 1/4" in diameter small embroidered circle in pink yarn, maybe a weaver's ark. Similar to cloth from same provenience in Eisen and O'Neale collections. Dating relates to combination of blue and red supple. wefts together, and oder technique (Arriola de Geng). CONSERVATION: [note- original card catalog does not specify "treadle-loomed-KC]