Utility Cloth
Tzute
| Native Name | Tzute |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-240 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Sacatepequez San Antonio Aguas Calientes |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Date Made: | pre 1933 |
| Early Date: | 1928 |
| Late Date: | 1933 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Length: | 107.95 cm |
| Width: | 35.56 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 158-B - Other Number |
Description
Dark blue cotton with embroidered bands of angular meanders zigzags and checkerboards, small birds and geometric unit figures between, lavender, red, white, and green cotton, deep rose gold green and purple silk, both ends hemmed.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 44 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, navy cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, navy cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft - double faced and two face. 1 panel - 2 selvedges. Made on backstrap loom."
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