Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-342
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-342 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton, two pieces sewn together, red ground with lavender stripes, bird and flower designs. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 68 epi, 2 ply, multicolored cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft: double faced. 2 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 94 cm |
| Width | 78 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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