Utility Cloth
Tzute
66-34-45
From: Guatemala | Santa Catarina Palopo | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 66-34-45 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Catarina Palopo | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Yellow and green plaid on red plain weave cotton ground; two breadths; small geometric designs [either combinatios of yellow-blue or yellow-green cotton thread] appear in the squares formed by plaid design. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 50 epi, two singles, Z twist, red, yellow and green cotton. Weft: 34 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red, yellow and green cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Two panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 84 cm |
| Width | 77 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A45 - Field No SF |
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