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Object Number
2013.24.72
Display Title
Servilleta, small white cloth, blue bands and fringe at ends, blue and pink stripes
Descriptions
Object Description
Servilleta, one piece, back strap loomed, warps cut, create fringes on both ends, white cotton, multicolored and white wefts are cut and pulled through, create a decorative element called chivo
Inventory Description
Servilleta, white with bands of dark blue at ends, dark blue and pink stripes along cloth, fringes along all four sides of which two are dark blue, pink, and white and two are only white, blue die has bled onto white background, stained
Classification
- Napkin
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Guatemala
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Sacatepequez
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<County>
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San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Materials
Cotton , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 44 × 47 cm (17 5/16 × 18 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.72
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Bertha Sanford (Wiener) Dodge and
Carroll William Dodge, who together collected these Guatemalan textiles
Provenance
Collector
Bertha Sanford Dodge
Collector
Carroll William Dodge
Donor
Donated by
Mary Dodge Cobb
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