Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-83
From: Guatemala | Almolonga | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-83 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Almolonga | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Cotton red and white and mixed red and blue stripes with two broader blue and white center stripes. Brocaded in bands of leaves and checkerboard with red and purple cotton and cerise, green, purple, white and yellow silk. One end fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Two singles, Z twist, blue cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft single faced. One panel, three selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 52 cm |
| Width | 55.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | XXXVIII-C - Other Number |
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