Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-57
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Tzute |
Object Number | 85-2-57 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cakchiquel |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Silk |
Description | Man's Cofradia cloth. Red cotton with yellow and purple stripes. Brocaded. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 50 epi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 134 cm |
Width | 111 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 | 57 - Other Number |
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