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Tablecloth or bedspread
Object Number 2013.24.183
Display Title Tablecloth or bedspread
Descriptions
Object Description Table cloth, two pieces joined with a white silk randa, floor loomed, white cotton with multicolored supplementary weft brocading, two faced technique, typical designs
Inventory Description Textile, woven, natural cotton, bands of blue, orange, red zigzag pattern, central yellow and blue diamond pattern, bands of multicolored blocks of deer figures, birds, two panels sewn together
Classification
  • Table cloth
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / San Marcos / <County> / San Pedro Sacatepequez
Materials Cotton , Silk , Dye
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.183; 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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