Utility Cloth
Tzute
| Native Name | Tzute |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-250 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Mam |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Huehuetenango San Juan Atitan |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 117 cm |
| Width: | 114 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number: | 250 - Other Number |
Description
Cotton cloth in two panels sewn together with zig zag stitch in cotton thread. Red with white and orange stripes. One border fringed and embroidered with zigzag stitch. Tag reads, "For a man to wrap around his head under his hat."
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 76 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and yellow cotton. One ply, white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Two panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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