Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-368
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Guatemala | Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Tzute |
Object Number | 85-2-368 |
Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Cakchiquel |
Provenience | Guatemala | Sacatepequez |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Silk |
Description | Man's Cofradia cloth. Red cotton with yellow and lavender stripes. Corners are brocaded in silk and purple cotton. Two panels sewn together. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and yellow cotton and two ply and purple cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 142 cm |
Width | 105 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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