Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-202
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-202 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Man's Cofradia cloth. Very old. Red cotton with yellow and blue stripes. A block at each corner of brocaded animals in yellow and lavender cotton and purple, green and gold silk. Two pieces sewn together. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 44 epi, three singles, Z twist, red and yellow cotton and two ply purple cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 131 cm |
| Width | 112 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | OSB III - Other Number |
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