Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-404
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-404 |
| Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Pipil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Palin | Department of Escuintla |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1939 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Wool |
| Description | Cofradia, soft weave red cotton with broad white stripes through center forming a cross, on the red are occasional paired narrow white stripes, central block of cross embroidered with two small burros and five small birds in red green and lavender cotton, red cotton thread- madder dye, purple cotton thread- plobably synthetic [Robert Carlsen 1984]. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 24 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, red cotton. 30 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton (wool?). Weft: 14 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, red cotton. 1 single, Z twist, white cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft - two faced. 1 panel - 3 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 91 cm |
| Width | 85 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | G-II - Other Number |
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