Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-201
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-201 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1939 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | White cloth with fringed at ends. Embroidered animals, double headed eagles, birds and geometric figures in yellow, red, green, old blue, purple and rose cotton. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 34 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 36 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, two selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 58 cm |
| Width | 49 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | G-VI - Other Number |
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