Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-341
From: Guatemala | Santa Maria De Jesus | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-341 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Maria De Jesus | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Red cotton of two panels sewn together. Red cotton ground with white stripes. Animal brocading in cotton and silk thread. Old style. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, three singles, Z twist, red and white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red and white cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 93 cm |
| Width | 97 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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