Utility Cloth
Tzute
66-34-50
From: Guatemala | Solola | Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 66-34-50 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Solola | Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Red plain weave cotton serves as ground for stripes running parallel to selvedges; [green, yellow and some ikat]; geometric forms brocaded with silk threads; Two breadths joined by silk thread randas. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, two singles, Z twist, cotton. Weft: 36 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Supplementary weft is single faced and two faced. Two panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 59 cm |
| Width | 75 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-50 - Field No SF |
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