Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-152
From: Guatemala | Santa Maria Chiquimula | Department of Totonicapan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-152 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Maria Chiquimula | Department of Totonicapan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Woman's, blue-black with white stripe, two pieces with one edge red and yellow, joined with heavy rands, ends cat stitched. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 50 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, navy, white cotton. Single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, blue-black cotton. Warp faced plain weave. 2 panel - 2 selvedges each." |
| Length | 122 cm |
| Width | 116 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 80 - Other Number |
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