Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-350
From: Guatemala | San Sebastian (Retalhuleu) | Department of Retalhuleu
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-350 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Sebastian (Retalhuleu) | Department of Retalhuleu |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Woman's cloth used to cover a basket or wrap tortillas. Red and white stripes with three compound stripes of green, lavender, dark blue and white. Broad, red, shadow cross stripe. Brocaded animal figures in red and leaves embroidered in pale blue, yellow and green cotton on each side of the compound stripe. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 34 epi, two singles, Z twist, red, white, green and yellow cotton. Single, Z twist, lavender, white and blue cotton ikat. Weft: 10 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red and white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is single faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 81 cm |
| Width | 78 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 275 - Other Number |
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