Utility Cloth
Tzute
66-34-52
From: Guatemala | Solola | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 66-34-52 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Solola | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | White plain weave cloth ground with red, brown, green, yellow and blue stripes. Two breadths bound by red, green and yellow cotton randas. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 46 to 112 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Two panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 87 cm |
| Width | 81 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-52 - Field No SF |
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