Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-142
From: Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-142 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Plain red, white and blue striped cotton cloth. Supplemantary weft zig zag brocade. Knotted and tasseled fringes. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, single, white cotton. Two singles, red cotton. Four singles, Z twist, blue cotton. Supplementary weft is two faced. Balanced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 74 cm |
| Width | 69 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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