Utility Cloth
Tzute
| Native Name | Tzute |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-219 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala San Pedro Ayampuc Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Date Made: | pre 1933 |
| Early Date: | 1928 |
| Late Date: | 1933 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Length: | 43 cm |
| Width: | 40 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 134 - Other Number |
Description
Very old cloth used by a chief. Red cotton quartered and bordered all around with brocaded zigzags, birds, small animals and two humans in yellow and white cotton. Silk colors are purple, jade green, turquoise and deep rose.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 34 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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