Utility Cloth
Tzute
NA5588
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | NA5588 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Tactic |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Head Scarf. Cream cotton embroidered in red-yellow-red-green-red bands and rows of concentric squares, simple and complex crosses, all cotton. Warp fringe daintily crossed and knotted. Seamed across centre. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 40 ppi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 166 cm |
| Width | 36 cm |
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