Utility Cloth
Tzute
| Native Name | Tzute |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-202 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala San Juan Sacatepequez Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Length: | 131 cm |
| Width: | 112 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | OSB III - Other Number |
Description
Man's Cofradia cloth. Very old. Red cotton with yellow and blue stripes. A block at each corner of brocaded animals in yellow and lavender cotton and purple, green and gold silk. Two pieces sewn together.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 44 epi, three singles, Z twist, red and yellow cotton and two ply purple cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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