Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-261
From: Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-261 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Nahuala | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's, green cotton ground with stripes, brocaded with animals, twisted fringe. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 44 epi, 2 singles, blue and yellow cotton (Z twist). 2 ply cotton in many colors. Weft: 24 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, blue cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft two faced. 1 panel - 2 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 70 cm |
| Width | 66 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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