Tela

Museum number:
3-32158
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
ACW Guatemala #2 (previous number, Margot Schevill checklist number)
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Object count:
1
Description:
Tela (hanging cloth) Backstrap loom cloth with predominantly dark green cotton warp and warp stripes of greens and purples. Base cloth is also dark green with multicolored supplementary weft. Predominant designs include Quetzales, deer and flowers in double sided supplementary weft, with rows of diamond, and other geometric designs in single sided supplementary weft. Warp loops left on both ends.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Antigua / San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection date:
2009
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.0 Use not specified (Structures and Furnishings)
Accession date:
March 6, 2017
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
whole— length 145 centimeters, whole— thickness 0.1 centimeters, and whole— width 47.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tela, accession number 3-32158, described as Tela (hanging cloth) Backstrap loom cloth with predominantly dark green cotton warp and warp stripes of greens and purples. Base cloth is also dark green with multicolored supplementary weft. Predominant designs include Quetzales, deer and flowers in double sided supplementary weft, with rows of diamond, and other geometric designs in single sided supplementary weft. Warp loops left on both ends.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tela, accession number 3-32158, described as Tela (hanging cloth) Backstrap loom cloth with predominantly dark green cotton warp and warp stripes of greens and purples. Base cloth is also dark green with multicolored supplementary weft. Predominant designs include Quetzales, deer and flowers in double sided supplementary weft, with rows of diamond, and other geometric designs in single sided supplementary weft. Warp loops left on both ends.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tela, accession number 3-32158, described as Tela (hanging cloth) Backstrap loom cloth with predominantly dark green cotton warp and warp stripes of greens and purples. Base cloth is also dark green with multicolored supplementary weft. Predominant designs include Quetzales, deer and flowers in double sided supplementary weft, with rows of diamond, and other geometric designs in single sided supplementary weft. Warp loops left on both ends.

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