Utility Cloth
Tzute
66-34-37
From: Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 66-34-37 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk | Wool |
| Description | Red cotton gauze weave. Designs of stylized animals, birds and geometric forms. Multi-colored cotton, silk and wool threads used for embroidered designs. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 48 epi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 36 ppi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 57 cm |
| Width | 52 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
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