Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-202
From: Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-202 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's cotton. Red ground with thin navy stripes. Two panels embroidered together. Center brocaded in geometric design. Red tassels on four corners attached with orange thread. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 36 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and navy cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 81 cm |
| Width | 67 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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