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Object Number
986-5-20/26170
Display Title
Napkin (servilleta)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Servilleta
Object Description
Fringed servilleta in which to wrap food; red ground with warp lines in dark blue, white, green, orange; float lines - 6 parallel rows - in green, orange, purple, blue, silver-gray, white; free-standing single-sided brocaded bird, human (mostly female, some holding hands), plant and geometric motifs in orange, green, white, purple, yellow, blue, blue-gray, crimson, yellow-green; some threads are shiny; abundant floats; knotted fringe; soiled; designs are very similar to 986-5-20/26169
Inventory Description
Woven napkin, red with colored stripes, varous embroidered figures, fringe.
Classification
- Household accessory
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1930-1939 ca?
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
El Quiche
/
<County>
/
Cotzal
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Nebaj
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Nebaj
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Materials
Cotton, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 100 x 58.2 x 0.5 cm (39 3/8 x 22 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26170
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 986-5-20/26169 | Napkin (servilleta) |
Household accessory
Raw Material |
Santa Maria Nebaj
Cotzal | |
| 986-5-20/26168 | Napkin (servilleta) |
Napkin
Raw Material |
Cotzal
Nebaj | |
| 986-5-20/26199 | Napkin (servilleta) |
Woven
|
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26198 | Napkin (servilleta) |
Woven
Raw Material |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26201 | Napkin (servilleta) |
Woven
Raw Material |
Solola
| |
| 986-5-20/26222 | Napkin (servilleta) |
Napkin
Raw Material |
Nebaj?
| |
| 986-5-20/26175 | Woman's sash (faja) |
Sash
Raw Material |
Nebaj
Cotzal | |
| 986-5-20/26246 | Napkin (servilleta) |
Napkin
Raw Material |
Totonicapan
| |
| 970-24-20/23799 | Servilleta. brown with orange stripes, purple, yellow, green, white, and blue em |
Scarf
|
Quetzaltenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26243 | Napkin (servilleta) |
Raw Material
Woven |
Nebaj
| |
| 986-5-20/26192 | Shawl (rebozo) |
Shawl
Raw Material |
Nebaj
Chajul | |
| 41-90-20/14260 | Servieta, or napkin, used for wrapping & carrying - white with red, green, blue, |
Woven
|
Palin
|