Servilleta

Museum number:
3-29193
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Accession number:
Acc.3817
Description:
Utility cloth; white cotton plain-weave with four brocaded red horses, each with green or yellow band; four pair of birds in field; two loom widths sewn together; 77 x 80 cm. Small, one width servilletas are used to wrap food or candles or to cover a basket. Larger servilletas can be folded and used as head coverings or as wraps.
Donor:
Fred Stross and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29193, described as Utility cloth; white cotton plain-weave with four brocaded red horses, each with green or yellow band; four pair of birds in field; two loom widths sewn together; 77 x 80 cm. Small, one width servilletas are used to wrap food or candles or to cover a basket. Larger servilletas can be folded and used as head coverings or as wraps.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29193, described as Utility cloth; white cotton plain-weave with four brocaded red horses, each with green or yellow band; four pair of birds in field; two loom widths sewn together; 77 x 80 cm. Small, one width servilletas are used to wrap food or candles or to cover a basket. Larger servilletas can be folded and used as head coverings or as wraps.

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