Utility Cloth
Tzute
| Native Name | Tzute |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-44A |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Ixil |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Santa Maria Nebaj Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk Wool |
| Height: | 2 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Length: | 115.7 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Width: | 51.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| 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: | 44A - Other Number |
Description
Red cotton with narrow stripes, brocaded in silk, beaded fringe on on end and pompoms on the other, tag: "Does not match rest of outfit" Totonicapan?. Green, yellow, orange, navy and white cotton. Bird and plant figures in silk and wool and cotton. Silk - purple, turquoise, white, orange. Wool - blue, green, magenta. Cotton - yellow, orange.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, cotton, predominently red with multi colored pin stripes. Weft: 26 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft - single faced. 1 panel - 2 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom."
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| MAYA 2012: Lords of Time (05 May 2012 - 13 Jan 2013) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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