Utility Cloth
Tzute
66-34-41
From: Guatemala | Tecpan | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 66-34-41 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Tecpan | Department of Chimaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Dark green, plain weave, cotton cloth. White pin stripes throughout entire cloth. Opposite ends have three bands of red and yellow stripes alternating with white zigzag designs. All design elenents brocaded with cotton thread. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 26 epi, two singles, Z twist, green cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, two singles, Z twist, green cotton with four singles, Z twist, white cotton pin stripes. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. One panel, four slevedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 57 cm |
| Width | 56 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
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