Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-140
From: Guatemala | Momostenango | Department of Totonicapan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-140 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Momostenango | Department of Totonicapan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cross striped, white, brown, black, yellow, green, red repeat, at each end a band of mottled stripes, a white band and white fringe. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 22 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 84 ppi, single, Z twist, cotton. Weft faced plain weave. 1 panel - 2 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 83 cm |
| Width | 65 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 76-A - Other Number |
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