Servilleta cofradia

Museum number:
3-29902
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029902
Accession number:
Acc.4193
Description:
Multipurpose cloth; backstrap-loomed, warp predominate plain weave; single faced supplemental weft brocading; single piece of cloth, warps out, create 2" fringes. Owls, small and large lions. 32 cm x 38 cm. Native name: Servilleta, cofradia, multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, dark blue (indigo); sedalina, rose; silk floss, pink, lavender, yellow, rose, red, green. Context of use: Dark blue background with pink vertical stripes and rose warps worked in to accent on either side; fringes twisted at ends; square-shaped cloth. Conservation: Good, silk floss faded.
Donor:
Penelope Cooper
Collection place:
Nahuala, Sololá, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Solola; Nahuala, Guatemala
Collector:
Penelope Cooper
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Servilleta cofradia, accession number 3-29902, described as Multipurpose cloth; backstrap-loomed, warp predominate plain weave; single faced supplemental weft brocading; single piece of cloth, warps out, create 2" fringes. Owls, small and large lions. 32 cm x 38 cm. Native name: Servilleta, cofradia, multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, dark blue (indigo); sedalina, rose; silk floss, pink, lavender, yellow, rose, red, green. Context of use: Dark blue background with pink vertical stripes and rose warps worked in to accent on either side; fringes twisted at ends; square-shaped cloth. Conservation: Good, silk floss faded.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Servilleta cofradia, accession number 3-29902, described as Multipurpose cloth; backstrap-loomed, warp predominate plain weave; single faced supplemental weft brocading; single piece of cloth, warps out, create 2" fringes. Owls, small and large lions. 32 cm x 38 cm. Native name: Servilleta, cofradia, multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, dark blue (indigo); sedalina, rose; silk floss, pink, lavender, yellow, rose, red, green. Context of use: Dark blue background with pink vertical stripes and rose warps worked in to accent on either side; fringes twisted at ends; square-shaped cloth. Conservation: Good, silk floss faded.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Servilleta cofradia, accession number 3-29902, described as Multipurpose cloth; backstrap-loomed, warp predominate plain weave; single faced supplemental weft brocading; single piece of cloth, warps out, create 2" fringes. Owls, small and large lions. 32 cm x 38 cm. Native name: Servilleta, cofradia, multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, dark blue (indigo); sedalina, rose; silk floss, pink, lavender, yellow, rose, red, green. Context of use: Dark blue background with pink vertical stripes and rose warps worked in to accent on either side; fringes twisted at ends; square-shaped cloth. Conservation: Good, silk floss faded.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Servilleta cofradia, accession number 3-29902, described as Multipurpose cloth; backstrap-loomed, warp predominate plain weave; single faced supplemental weft brocading; single piece of cloth, warps out, create 2" fringes. Owls, small and large lions. 32 cm x 38 cm. Native name: Servilleta, cofradia, multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, dark blue (indigo); sedalina, rose; silk floss, pink, lavender, yellow, rose, red, green. Context of use: Dark blue background with pink vertical stripes and rose warps worked in to accent on either side; fringes twisted at ends; square-shaped cloth. Conservation: Good, silk floss faded.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Servilleta cofradia, accession number 3-29902, described as Multipurpose cloth; backstrap-loomed, warp predominate plain weave; single faced supplemental weft brocading; single piece of cloth, warps out, create 2" fringes. Owls, small and large lions. 32 cm x 38 cm. Native name: Servilleta, cofradia, multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, dark blue (indigo); sedalina, rose; silk floss, pink, lavender, yellow, rose, red, green. Context of use: Dark blue background with pink vertical stripes and rose warps worked in to accent on either side; fringes twisted at ends; square-shaped cloth. Conservation: Good, silk floss faded.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Servilleta cofradia, accession number 3-29902, described as Multipurpose cloth; backstrap-loomed, warp predominate plain weave; single faced supplemental weft brocading; single piece of cloth, warps out, create 2" fringes. Owls, small and large lions. 32 cm x 38 cm. Native name: Servilleta, cofradia, multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, dark blue (indigo); sedalina, rose; silk floss, pink, lavender, yellow, rose, red, green. Context of use: Dark blue background with pink vertical stripes and rose warps worked in to accent on either side; fringes twisted at ends; square-shaped cloth. Conservation: Good, silk floss faded.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Servilleta cofradia, accession number 3-29902, described as Multipurpose cloth; backstrap-loomed, warp predominate plain weave; single faced supplemental weft brocading; single piece of cloth, warps out, create 2" fringes. Owls, small and large lions. 32 cm x 38 cm. Native name: Servilleta, cofradia, multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: singles cotton, dark blue (indigo); sedalina, rose; silk floss, pink, lavender, yellow, rose, red, green. Context of use: Dark blue background with pink vertical stripes and rose warps worked in to accent on either side; fringes twisted at ends; square-shaped cloth. Conservation: Good, silk floss faded.

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