Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-239
From: Guatemala | Todos Santos Cuchumatan | Department of Huehuetenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-239 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Todos Santos Cuchumatan | Department of Huehuetenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Two panels sewn together, red ground, cotton, striped with orange and green. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, red, orange, green cotton. Weft: 32 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, red, orange, green cotton. Warp plain weave. 2 panels sewn together - 3 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 77 cm |
| Width | 73 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 239 - Other Number |
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