Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-341
From: Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-341 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Man's, cotton, narrow stripes of dark blue, green, yellow and red, both ends fringed, birds and animals in deep rose, orange and light green silk. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, cotton in many colors. Weft: 20 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, blue cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplement weft - two faced. 1 panel - 2 selvedges. Made backstrap loom." |
| Length | 74 cm |
| Width | 66 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 267 - Other Number |
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