Utility Cloth
Tzute
2004-21-17
From: Guatemala | Santiago Chimaltenango | Department of Huehuetenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 2004-21-17 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santiago Chimaltenango | Department of Huehuetenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Thread |
| Technique | Sewn | Embroidered |
| Description | Red carrying cloth/tzute with fringe at one end. Embroidered multi-colored stripe down center of fabric in purple, yellow, pink, green, white, blue and light blue. Geometric designs perpendicular to center stripe forming cross pattern. Thinner stripes run both vertically and horizontally across fabric. |
| Length | 99 cm |
| Width | 99 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Theodore T. Newbold and Helen Cunningham, 2004 |
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