Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-385
From: Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | Rabinal
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-385 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | Rabinal |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Man's cloth. Red cotton with narrow, yellow stripes forming plaid. Embroidered in plant and geometric forms in purple and light green silk and yellow cotton. Corded fringe on both ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, two singles, Z twist. Weft: 22 ppi, two singles, Z twist. Weave: warp predominant plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 80 cm |
| Width | 40 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 312 - Other Number |
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