Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-207
From: Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-207 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Two panels jouned with silk embroidery,navy ground with white stripes, two ends embroidered in yellow an burgundy, tag: "-- grande para Uevat cuaches twins". 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 panels - 4 selvedges each." |
| Length | 122 cm |
| Width | 117 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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