Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-213
From: Guatemala | Santiago Chimaltenango | Department of Huehuetenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-213 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santiago Chimaltenango | Department of Huehuetenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Red cotton with yellow stripes, two panels with green and yellow borders, sewn together with colored cotton. Fringe along one end. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 80 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, red, yellow and green cotton, 1 ply yellow cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. 2 panels sewn together - 3 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 94 cm |
| Width | 100 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 213 - Other Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.