Utility Cloth
Tzute
70-13-44
From: Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Almolonga
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 70-13-44 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Almolonga |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Cotton. Narrow red, white, blue-white jaspe. Wide blue border stripes. All over silk brocade in red, yellow, blue-green, purple and white zigzags. Old. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, three singles, Z twist, red and white cotton with two singles, Z twist, ikat of white and blue cotton with denser warp setting in blue border stripes. Weft: 12 ppi, four singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weave is single faced. Two panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 104 cm |
| Width | 145 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1970 |
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