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Object Number
986-5-20/26168
Display Title
Napkin (servilleta)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Servilleta
Object Description
Fringed servilleta; red ground with warpline pattern in blue, white, gray-green; float lines in yellow, orange, violet-blue, white; brocade of 4 parallel lines of free-standing, single-sided plant, animal and human motifs (human figures are all female - perhaps young girls); many floats; at the ends of the warp lines, the fringes retain the colors of the line. Damaged: small hole at one end that has ruptured the threads near it
Inventory Description
Woven napkin, red with colored stripes and embroidered figures,
Classification
- Napkin
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1930-1939 ca?
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
El Quiche
/
<County>
/
Nebaj
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Cotzal
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Cotzal
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 97 x 59.2 x 0.3 cm (38 3/16 x 23 5/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26168
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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