Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-33A
From: Guatemala | Almolonga | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-33A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Almolonga | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Red, white and blue ground, cotton, geometric designs brocaded, one side fringed, tag:"2 pieces". As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton, red cotton, red and blue ikat cotton. 2 singles, Z twist, green cotton with 2 ply purple cotton, 3 singles, green cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. 3 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft - single faced. 1 panel - 3 selvedges with fringe on one end. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 83 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 |
| Other Number | 33A - Other Number |
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