Servilleta

Museum number:
3-29946
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4538
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; end selvages cut and uncut, and knotted into fringe. 63 cm x 56 cm. Native name/meaning: Servilleta/multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: Cotton or rayon two, 2-ply and four 2-ply n white; acrylic supp. weft in four, 2-ply orange, light blue; five, 2-ply in orange, turquoise; six, 2-ply in royal blue, fuchsia and green. Context of use: Collected by Linda Green during UREP expedition in 1991. Woven by Isabel Quitz between July-November 1991.White ground cloth with multicolored borders of supp. weft brocading at each warp end. One warp end fringe is cut and knotted, while other warp end fringe is uncut and knotted. Many supp. wefts are left handing loose on the wrong side of the cloth. Geometric iconography.
Donor:
Linda Green and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Tecpán Guatemala, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Chimaltenango; Tecpan
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Linda Green
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29946, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; end selvages cut and uncut, and knotted into fringe. 63 cm x 56 cm. Native name/meaning: Servilleta/multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: Cotton or rayon two, 2-ply and four 2-ply n white; acrylic supp. weft in four, 2-ply orange, light blue; five, 2-ply in orange, turquoise; six, 2-ply in royal blue, fuchsia and green. Context of use: Collected by Linda Green during UREP expedition in 1991. Woven by Isabel Quitz between July-November 1991.White ground cloth with multicolored borders of supp. weft brocading at each warp end. One warp end fringe is cut and knotted, while other warp end fringe is uncut and knotted. Many supp. wefts are left handing loose on the wrong side of the cloth. Geometric iconography.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29946, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; end selvages cut and uncut, and knotted into fringe. 63 cm x 56 cm. Native name/meaning: Servilleta/multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: Cotton or rayon two, 2-ply and four 2-ply n white; acrylic supp. weft in four, 2-ply orange, light blue; five, 2-ply in orange, turquoise; six, 2-ply in royal blue, fuchsia and green. Context of use: Collected by Linda Green during UREP expedition in 1991. Woven by Isabel Quitz between July-November 1991.White ground cloth with multicolored borders of supp. weft brocading at each warp end. One warp end fringe is cut and knotted, while other warp end fringe is uncut and knotted. Many supp. wefts are left handing loose on the wrong side of the cloth. Geometric iconography.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29946, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; end selvages cut and uncut, and knotted into fringe. 63 cm x 56 cm. Native name/meaning: Servilleta/multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: Cotton or rayon two, 2-ply and four 2-ply n white; acrylic supp. weft in four, 2-ply orange, light blue; five, 2-ply in orange, turquoise; six, 2-ply in royal blue, fuchsia and green. Context of use: Collected by Linda Green during UREP expedition in 1991. Woven by Isabel Quitz between July-November 1991.White ground cloth with multicolored borders of supp. weft brocading at each warp end. One warp end fringe is cut and knotted, while other warp end fringe is uncut and knotted. Many supp. wefts are left handing loose on the wrong side of the cloth. Geometric iconography.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Servilleta, accession number 3-29946, described as Backstrap-loomed, balanced plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; end selvages cut and uncut, and knotted into fringe. 63 cm x 56 cm. Native name/meaning: Servilleta/multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: Cotton or rayon two, 2-ply and four 2-ply n white; acrylic supp. weft in four, 2-ply orange, light blue; five, 2-ply in orange, turquoise; six, 2-ply in royal blue, fuchsia and green. Context of use: Collected by Linda Green during UREP expedition in 1991. Woven by Isabel Quitz between July-November 1991.White ground cloth with multicolored borders of supp. weft brocading at each warp end. One warp end fringe is cut and knotted, while other warp end fringe is uncut and knotted. Many supp. wefts are left handing loose on the wrong side of the cloth. Geometric iconography.

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