Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-258
From: Guatemala | Santa Maria De Jesus | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-258 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Maria De Jesus | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Man's cloth made of red cotton with brocaded with figures of birds. White cotton, pale blue, green, purple, lavender, blue and yellow silk. Faded. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 28 epi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 113 cm |
| Width | 91 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 175-A - Other Number |
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