Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-177
From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-177 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cloth or servilleta. White cotton brocaded in red, yellow and light blue in paper dolls and dots. Faded. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 22 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 64 cm |
| Width | 42 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
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