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Object Number
2013.24.73
Display Title
Servilleta, small multipurpose cloth, one piece, white with multicolored birds, flowers, and humans
Descriptions
Object Description
Servilleta, one piece, back strap loomed, loomed finished selvages, white cotton, multicolored cotton single and double faced supplementary weft brocading, bird, flowers, human images.
Inventory Description
Servilleta, small multipurpose cloth, one piece, white cotton with red, blue, purple, green, and yellow single and double faced supplementary weft brocade birds, flowers, and humans
Classification
- Tzute
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1941-1943 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
Dye , Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 75 × 47 cm (29 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.73
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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