Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-58
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-58 |
| Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's Cofradia cloth. Cotton with a striped background with brocading of animals, birds and floral designs. Tag reads, "Colocado debajo del plata que recozela limosna." As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 46 epi, three ply, Z twist, red and yellow cotton and two ply purple cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges." |
| Length | 59 cm |
| Width | 56 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 58 - Other Number |
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