Utility Cloth
Tzute
| Native Name | Tzute |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-329 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala San Antonio Palopo Department of Solola |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 85 cm |
| Width: | 80 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 257 - Other Number |
Description
Man's cloth. Red and white with narrow stripes of red and dark blue on the white and yellow pin stripes on the red. Shadow cross stripes of blue and red forming indistinct plaid.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 78 epi, two singles, Z twist, red, white, blue and yellow cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red, yellow and blue and two singles, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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