Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-250
From: Guatemala | Department of Huehuetenango | San Juan Atitan
Curatorial Section: American
| 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 |
| 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." |
| 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 |
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