Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-169
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Tzute |
Object Number | 85-2-169 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cakchiquel |
Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Cotton, red ground, two panels sewn together, bands of embroidery. As per Sigird Meier, "Warp: 88 epi, 2 singles, 2 ply, lavender cotton. Weft: 23 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft - double faced. 2 panels - 4 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
Length | 93 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 |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.