Utility Cloth

Tzute

85-2-369

From: Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tzute
Object Number 85-2-369
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Red cotton with blue plaid stripes, stylized animal brocading with brocaded geometric border on four sides.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, 3 singles, Z twist, red and blue cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, red and blue cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 1 panel - 4 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom."

Length 60 cm
Width 56 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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