Utility Cloth
Tzute
91-36-6
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 91-36-6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Two cotton panels, each with 4 selvedges, sewn together. Warp stripes: purple, red, dark, medium blue. Each panel has two warp bands in red with supplementary weft brocading of deers, plants, flowers and the names "ROSA LOPEZ" and "ROSA LOPEZ MARTINEZ". Warp: 90 epi two ply cotton in multi cotton colors. Weft: 32 ppi two single Z-twisted red cotton. Supplementary weft: double-faced in cotton and silk. Made on a backstrap loom. |
| Length | 82 cm |
| Width | 72 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Clifford Lewis III, 1991 |
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