Utility Cloth

Tzute

2004-21-19

From: Guatemala | Palin

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tzute
Object Number 2004-21-19
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Guatemalan
Provenience Guatemala | Palin
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton | Thread
Technique Sewn | Embroidered
Description

Male ceremonial carrying cloth/tzute; red with grid pattern; primary vertical stripe white with red; primary horizontal stripe red with white; center square embroidered with red, green, yellow, and purple bird motif.

Length 78 cm
Width 78 cm
Credit Line Gift of Theodore T. Newbold and Helen Cunningham, 2004

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