Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-193
From: Guatemala | Department of Quiche | Nebaj
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-193 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ixil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quiche | Nebaj |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Red cotton with purple stripes, supplementary weft embroidery in bars and triangles, fringes knotted. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 42 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, red cotton. 3 singles, Z twist, purple cotton. 2 ply, Z twist, green, orange and purple cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft - single faced. 1 panel - 2 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 96 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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