Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-371
From: Guatemala | Department of Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-371 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Red cotton with blue plaid stripes, cotton and silk brocading. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, 3 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, red and blue cotton. Warp faced - plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 1 panel - 4 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 43 cm |
| Width | 33 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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