Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-340
From: Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-340 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Man's, dark blue with compound rose stripes, hard twisted fringe at both ends, embroidered rows of birds and animals in red, yellow, orange and green silk. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 56 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, navy and red cotton. Weft: 12 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, navy cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplmental weft two faced. 1 panel - 1 selvedges. Made on backstap loom." |
| Length | 75 cm |
| Width | 66 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 261 - Other Number |
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