Utility Cloth

Tzute

42-35-177

From: Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tzute
Object Number 42-35-177
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | San Pedro Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Cloth or servilleta. White cotton brocaded in red, yellow and light blue in paper dolls and dots. Faded.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 22 epi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 64 cm
Width 42 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942

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