Servilleta

Museum number:
3-29697
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Alternate number:
WT 96 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece, top and bottom warps cut, knotted into fringe: top 2 1/2", bottom 1 1/2".
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Palín, Escuintla, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Escuintla; Palin
Culture or time period:
Poqomam
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:
1950s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed with white cotton thread. Native name and meaning: Servilleta- multipurpose cloth. CONTEXT OF USE: "servilletas distinguished from Tzutes by fringed ends and broad weft striping" (Rose 49: Fig 11). Design shows influence from Quetzaltenango (Arriola de Geng). See also 3-29698-99 CONSERVATION: overall good, light stains.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29697, described as Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece, top and bottom warps cut, knotted into fringe: top 2 1/2", bottom 1 1/2".Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29697, described as Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece, top and bottom warps cut, knotted into fringe: top 2 1/2", bottom 1 1/2".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29697, described as Backstrap-loomed, plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece, top and bottom warps cut, knotted into fringe: top 2 1/2", bottom 1 1/2".

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