Utility Cloth

Tzute

2014-19-23

Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery

From: Guatemala | Department of Escuintla | Palin

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tzute
Object Number 2014-19-23
Current Location Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display
Culture Pokomam
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Escuintla | Palin
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Utility cloth of white ground with six narrow vertical stripes in red and blue, entirely covered in multicolored supplementary weft showing three houses depicted in center, surrounded by geometric patterning.

Length 96.7 cm
Width 82.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of Louis Weinstock and Rosa Portell-Weinstock, 2014
Other Number L-699-23 - Old Loan Number

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