Utility Cloth
Tzute
93-20-1
From: Guatemala | Solola | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 93-20-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Solola | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | All-purpose cloth; red cotton textile with thin silk thread embroidery stripe down center. Alternating colors: pale yellow, pale green, magenta, purple and kelly green; in four cm sections. A few supplementary weft motifs. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 54, 2 singles z-twist. Weft: 18 3 singles red. Supplementary weft: 2 faced. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 109 cm |
| Width | 11.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. and Mrs. David Wenger, 1993 |
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