Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-334
From: Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-334 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's, white, in two pieces with small red and yellow randa, worn over head, the end hanging free to protect the back of the neck from the sun. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 54 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced, plain weave. 2 panels - 4 selvedges. Made on backstrap loom." |
| Length | 130 cm |
| Width | 120 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 268 - Other Number |
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