Utility Cloth
Tzute
| Native Name | Tzute |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-6 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Guatemalan Quiche |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Santo Tomas Chichicastenango Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Technique: | Embroidered |
| Iconography: | Bird Animal |
| Length: | 55.5 cm |
| Width: | 62 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | II-B - Other Number |
Description
For man of middle class. Red cotton with black pin stripe. Woven in two pieces with embroidered randa. Hemmed at upper end. Broad band of silk embroidered figures across center in five rows: standing birds, two rows of standing animals, small flying birds, woven in mostly magenta with dots of gold and green. Magenta tassels at four corners.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 64 epi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Two singles, Z twist, navy cotton. Weft: 28 ppi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, three selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom."
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