Utility Cloth
Tzute
66-34-54
From: Guatemala | Solola | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 66-34-54 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Solola | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Plain weave cotton cloth. Deep blue, light brown, and purple alternating stripes with red and white pin stripes interspaced between. Loose warps at one end are knotted and fringed. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 58 epi, two singles, Z twist, red, blue and brown cotton and single ply, Z twist, white cotton and two ply, purple cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, two singles, Z twist, blue cotton. Warp faced plain weave. One panel, three selvedges with one end knotted warp fringe. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 93 cm |
| Width | 39 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-54 - Field No SF |
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