Utility Cloth
Tzute
2014-19-137
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | Santiago Atitlan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute de Hombre |
| Object Number | 2014-19-137 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tzutuhil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola | Santiago Atitlan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's cotton Tzute. Predominantly red cotton groundcloth with stripes of natural brown cotton. Two stripes of purple and one stripe of orange. Six tassles of purple-magenta silk added. Two broad bands of orange-red across top and bottom of cloth. Horizontal narrow band of orange at center paralleled above and below by narrow lavender bands, all set against a wider brown band. Six tassles attached. |
| Length | 110.5 cm |
| Width | 65.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Louis Weinstock and Rosa Portell-Weinstock, 2014 |
| Other Number | L-699-137 - Old Loan Number |
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