Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-167
From: Guatemala | Santo Domingo Xenacoj | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-167 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santo Domingo Xenacoj | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Wool cloth with green ground. Center woven red stripe. Lower half brocaded in bird motifs. Silk threads. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, three singles, Z twist, green, red and purple cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist, green and red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 70 cm |
| Width | 37.5 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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