Utility Cloth
Tzute
| Native Name | Tzute |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-218 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala San Pedro Ayampuc Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Date Made: | pre 1933 |
| Early Date: | 1928 |
| Late Date: | 1933 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Length: | 54 cm |
| Width: | 58 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 133 - Other Number |
Description
White cotton cloth with short fringe at both ends. Brocaded band of red, purple and blue-black cotton zigzags and a central black bar. Brocaded with silk discs of deep rose, green and purple.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 26 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, two selvedged. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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