Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-208
From: Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-208 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 1925 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | 1925, white cotton, two panels sewn together with red and green randa "The bull and the cow" design embroidery, woman's, Tag:" to carry food". As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton, red cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 2 panels - 3 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 87.5 cm |
| Width | 71 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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