Servilleta

Museum number:
3-194
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Alternate number:
194 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Servilleta (white cotton basketweave, twill and brocade. Design striped in dark blue. Warp ends fringed. 43 cm square.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Mam and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 42.5 centimeters and width 41.5 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also Schevill p. 118 ; references below
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Servilleta, accession number 3-194, described as Servilleta (white cotton basketweave, twill and brocade. Design striped in dark blue. Warp ends fringed. 43 cm square.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Servilleta, accession number 3-194, described as Servilleta (white cotton basketweave, twill and brocade. Design striped in dark blue. Warp ends fringed. 43 cm square.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Servilleta, accession number 3-194, described as Servilleta (white cotton basketweave, twill and brocade. Design striped in dark blue. Warp ends fringed. 43 cm square.)

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