Utility Cloth
Tzute
66-34-9
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 66-34-9 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Red cotton plain weave cloth. Two breadths. Stripes[ red, blue green, black, white and yellow] run length. Design elements: flowers, animals, human figures, and geometric bandsin double faced inlay brocading in silk and cotton; large reindeer also part of design element. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: border - 64 epi, 2 singles, 2 ply, multicolored. Red: 64 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 32 ppi, singles, Z twist, red cotton. Supplemental weft - double faced. 2 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstap loom." |
| Length | 90 cm |
| Width | 75 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-9 - Field No SF |
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