Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-66
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-66 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's cloth. Indigo cotton with red selvedge stripes. Brocaded with cotton thread. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 33 epi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, three singles, Z twist, indigo cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 55 cm |
| Width | 59 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 | 66 - Other Number |
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