Utility Cloth
Tzute
| Native Name | Tzute |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-96 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Pocomam |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Palin Department of Escuintla |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Wool Silk Cotton |
| Length: | 90 cm |
| Width: | 90 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number: | 96 - Other Number |
Description
Cofradia, man's, wool with silk and cotton. Orange ground with blue stripes and navy and white ikat warp stripes. Animal and plant figures brocading. Broken twill weave.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 24 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, orange cotton. 3 singles, Z twist, blue cotton. 2 singles, Z twist, ikat cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, orange cotton. Broken twill weave. Supplemental weft - double faced. 1 panel - 2 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom."
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