Utility Cloth
Tzute
| 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 |
| Early Date: | 1928 |
| Late Date: | 1933 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 53 cm |
| Width: | 26 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 121-B - Other Number |
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."
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