Sling (servilleta)

1957

Material: hand-spun white cotton and colored embroidery cottonTechnique: plain woven on a hip loom and embroideredThe background of this napkin is white. It is embroidered in different colors; red, orange, green, blue, light purple. The motifs are arranged in horizontal borders across the ″servilleta″ (geometric figures, flowers). The servilleta actually has two sides; the colorful embroidered side and the shadow side. Both sides are used. The fringe edge is loosely attached. The colors used in the "servilleta" are also used in the fringe. On the upper and lower side stripes have been created by using thicker weft threads. This servilleta is used as a tablecloth, or to place over baskets.\Nowhere is a servilleta with a handspun white cotton thread? Vide 5075-19. \Location: Xochistlahuaca, Gro.