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Object Number 986-5-20/26201
Display Title Napkin (servilleta)
Descriptions
Object Description Cloth/napkin (servilleta); anomalous piece; white ground with blue and rust/orange weft lines, single-sided patterning; no warp lines; no brocade or embroidery; faded, stained
Inventory Description Woven napkin, white cotton with pink and black geometric banded design.
Classification
  • Woven
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1930-1939 ca?
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Solola
Additional Geographic Terms Lake Atitlan region
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 76.4 x 63.9 x 0.1 cm (30 1/16 x 25 3/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26201
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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