Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-161
From: Guatemala | Santa Maria De Jesus | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-161 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Maria De Jesus | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cotton with red ground. Brocaded with animals and flowers in green, purple and blue stripes on side border. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 55 cm |
| Width | 41.5 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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