Servilleta

Museum number:
3-29763
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 26 (previous number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Treadle-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading.One piece, warps cut and hand-hemmed, fringes added.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Quezaltenango
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk floss
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1930s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 95.5 centimeters and width 62 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Native name and meaning: CONTEXT OF USE: CONSERVATION:
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29763, described as Treadle-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading.One piece, warps cut and hand-hemmed, fringes added.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29763, described as Treadle-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading.One piece, warps cut and hand-hemmed, fringes added.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29763, described as Treadle-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced supp. weft brocading.One piece, warps cut and hand-hemmed, fringes added.

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