Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-197
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-197 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | Pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's cloth. White cotton pile weave with short fringe at the ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 34 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 11 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave with loops every 1/2 inch. One panel, two selvedges. Woven on a backstrap." |
| Length | 79 cm |
| Width | 70 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 124 - Other Number |
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