Utility Cloth
Tzute
| Native Name | Tzute |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 85-2-352 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Santiago Sacatepequez Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 109 cm |
| Width: | 116 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
Description
Striped cotton cloth with red ground. Wide stripes are orange and narrow stripes are white and blue. Two panels sewn together with a multicolored, zigzag randa.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, three singles, Z twist, red, green, peach and blue cotton and two singles, white cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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