Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-200
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-200 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | Pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Dark blue cotton cloth. Brocaded bands of animals, birds and plants in white cotton and deep rose, green and yellow silk with two bands of open weave. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, three singles, Z twist, navy cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist, navy cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 53 cm |
| Width | 26 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 121-B - Other Number |
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