Utility Cloth
Tzute
80-22-14
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 80-22-14 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Brocade on balanced ground weave, floats visible on reverse. All cotton. Birds, dogs[?], horned animals, flowers, zigzags, hooked shapes, diamonds. White ground, yellow, blue, black, green, red and orange. Selvedges and ends finished. Good condition, some repair, slight stains. As per Sigrid Meier, "Wrp: 28 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 30 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 1 panel - 4 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 60.96 cm |
| Width | 53.34 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Richard C. Bull, 1980 |
| Other Number | 11 - Field No SF |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.