food cloth
A ceremonial food cloth with red and white thread stripes. The cloth has white fringe on both ends. There are three multicolored brocade bands which run parallel to the thread stripes of the base cloth. The two outer bands are comprised of two pink stripes with a green stripe in the middle. The middle band, running across the center of the food cloth, is comprised of two red stripes with a green stripe running in between the red. There are a series of multicolored brocade dashes running parallel to one side of each of the brocaded bands. Next to one of the end bands, the series of dashes are pink, green, red, green, and red. There are three dashes next to the middle band, a pink, a green and a red dash. Alongside the other end band, the dashes are pink, green, red, green, pink, and red.
Details
Catalog Number: A77:1:32G
Object Name: food cloth
Dimensions:
- Length: 68.5 cm
- Width: 24.1 cm
World Region: North America
Culture Area: Mesoamerica
