Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-56
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-56 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | "Cofradia" man's, red cotton with white stripes, zig zag embroidery. Large bird in center. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white and red cotton. Weft: 14 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, red and white cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 1 panel - 3 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 87 cm |
| Width | 79 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 56 - Other Number |
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