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Object Number
2013.24.158
Display Title
Servilleta, white ground, fringed on two sides, brocade of blue deer, pink birds, multicolored dogs, woven multicolored bands
Descriptions
Object Description
Servilleta, small, one piece, back strap loomed, warps cut, create fringes on both ends, multicolored silk and cotton single and double faced supplementary weft brocading, animal, bird, and geometric images. Colored wefts create horizontal bands but not supplementary weft brocading.
Inventory Description
Servilleta, white ground, fringed on two sides, brocade of blue deer, pink birds, multicolored dogs, woven multicolored bands
Classification
- Napkin
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
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Sacatepequez
/
<County>
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San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Materials
Cotton , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 45 × 48 cm (17 11/16 × 18 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.158; 98
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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