Utility Cloth

Tzute

85-2-342

From: Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tzute
Object Number 85-2-342
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Cotton, two pieces sewn together, red ground with lavender stripes, bird and flower designs.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 68 epi, 2 ply, multicolored cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft: double faced. 2 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom."

Length 94 cm
Width 78 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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