Utility Cloth
Tzute
| Native Name | Tzute |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 93-20-1 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Guatemalan |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Solola Department of Solola |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Technique: | Embroidered |
| Length: | 109 cm |
| Width: | 11.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Dr. and Mrs. David Wenger, 1993 |
Description
All-purpose cloth; red cotton textile with thin silk thread embroidery stripe down center. Alternating colors: pale yellow, pale green, magenta, purple and kelly green; in four cm sections. A few supplementary weft motifs.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 54, 2 singles z-twist. Weft: 18 3 singles red. Supplementary weft: 2 faced. Made on a backstrap loom."
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