. . "This is a women's servilleta, made from two pieces of equal width joined together with red and yellow cotton. Such cloths were used for a variety of purposes: as accessories like headcloths, scarves or kerchiefs, or as utility cloths to wrap around food, money, candles, incense or purchases or to cover baskets. \nBoth panels were woven one after the other on a backstrap loom and were then cut and joined side-by-side. Six different types of thread have been used in the pattern: red, orange, yellow, dark blue and brown cotton and yellow floss silk (now faded to cream). All silk in Guatemala, except for a small amount of 'wild' silk, was imported; it was expensive and was generally used only in small amounts. In this textile, small lengths of silk can be seen in the horse's head in the lower right hand corner.\nMr and Mrs Maudslay had attached narrow cotton sleeves to the reverse of this textile so that they could display it."@en . .