Utility Cloth
Tzute
70-13-81
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 70-13-81 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton, 2 breadths, variable width stripes of about 1cm on rose, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and white. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 62 epi, 2 ply, multi colored cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 3 singles, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. 2 panels - 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 100 cm |
| Width | 79.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1970 |
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