Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-198
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-198 |
| 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 | Woman's cloth for covering a basket. Red with blue, yellow and white compound and single stripes. Cut warp-wise. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, three singles, Z twist, red, yellow, navy and white cotton. Weft: 14 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. One panel, three selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 123 cm |
| Width | 43 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 125-A - Other Number |
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