Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-96
From: Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-96 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pocomam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wool | Silk | Cotton |
| Description | Cofradia, man's, wool with silk and cotton. Orange ground with blue stripes and navy and white ikat warp stripes. Animal and plant figures brocading. Broken twill weave. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 24 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, orange cotton. 3 singles, Z twist, blue cotton. 2 singles, Z twist, ikat cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, orange cotton. Broken twill weave. Supplemental weft - double faced. 1 panel - 2 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 90 cm |
| Width | 90 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 | 96 - Other Number |
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