Utility Cloth

Tzute

85-2-370

From: Guatemala | San Jose Nacahuil | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tzute
Object Number 85-2-370
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, brocaded, tag: "To cover basket".

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, 3 singles, Z twist, red and navy cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, red and navy cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft - 2 faced. 1 panel - 4 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom."

Length 53.5 cm
Width 52 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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