Utility Cloth
Tzute
| Native Name | Tzute |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-199 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala San Juan Sacatepequez Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Date Made: | Pre 1933 |
| Early Date: | 1928 |
| Late Date: | 1933 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Length: | 62 cm |
| Width: | 46 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 120 - Other Number |
Description
Woman's cloth. Red with widely spaced lavender and yellow stripes. Rows of embroidered burros, birds and plants in yellow, lavender and white cotton and purple, green, red and yellow silk.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, three singles, Z twist, red, yellow and purple cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, four singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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