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Object Number
986-5-20/26198
Display Title
Napkin (servilleta)
Descriptions
Object Description
Cloth length (napkins, servilletas), 3 breadths; actually 3 napkins connected by uncut fringes; white ground with red weft lines; no warp lines; single-faced brocade stylized red female figures with huge skirts and cyclops faces; floats; no embroidery; fringed both sides; stained; circular stains on back
Inventory Description
Woven white cotton rectangular fringed cloth with red embroidery.
Classification
- Woven
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1930-1939 ca?
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
El Quiche
/
<County>
/
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Materials
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 120.5 x 40 x 0.1 cm (47 7/16 x 15 3/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26198
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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