Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-334
From: Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Tzute |
Object Number | 42-35-334 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Quiche |
Provenience | Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola |
Culture Area | Central American |
Date Made | pre 1933 |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Woman's, white, in two pieces with small red and yellow randa, worn over head, the end hanging free to protect the back of the neck from the sun. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 54 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced, plain weave. 2 panels - 4 selvedges. Made on backstrap loom." |
Length | 130 cm |
Width | 120 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
Other Number | 268 - Other Number |
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