Utility Cloth
Tzute
29-219-4
From: Guatemala | San Gaspar Ixchil | Department of Huehuetenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 29-219-4 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Gaspar Ixchil | Department of Huehuetenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | All purpose cotton cloth, "Panuelo." Red with yellow pinstripes. Brocaded spots and "V" shapes in green and yellow. Some embroidered zigzag designs and plant motifs. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 72 epi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Two singles, Z twist, yellow cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, single, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Two panels, two selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 102 cm |
| Width | 114 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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