Tablecover

Museum number:
3-29570
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4226
Description:
Tablecover; brown, white, black and red narrow horizontal stripes with broader purple and orange stripes near both fringed edges; 65 cm x 87 cm including fringe. Materials, techniques: cotton; handspun single-ply yarn; weft faced weave. Context of use: labelled Totonicapan, (Ixcaco).
Donor:
Fred Stross
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Fred Stross
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Table coverings
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tablecover, accession number 3-29570, described as Tablecover; brown, white, black and red narrow horizontal stripes with broader purple and orange stripes near both fringed edges; 65 cm x 87 cm including fringe. Materials, techniques: cotton; handspun single-ply yarn; weft faced weave. Context of use: labelled Totonicapan, (Ixcaco).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tablecover, accession number 3-29570, described as Tablecover; brown, white, black and red narrow horizontal stripes with broader purple and orange stripes near both fringed edges; 65 cm x 87 cm including fringe. Materials, techniques: cotton; handspun single-ply yarn; weft faced weave. Context of use: labelled Totonicapan, (Ixcaco).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tablecover, accession number 3-29570, described as Tablecover; brown, white, black and red narrow horizontal stripes with broader purple and orange stripes near both fringed edges; 65 cm x 87 cm including fringe. Materials, techniques: cotton; handspun single-ply yarn; weft faced weave. Context of use: labelled Totonicapan, (Ixcaco).

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