Utility Cloth

Tzute

2006-18-4

From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Sut
Object Number 2006-18-4
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Guatemalan
Provenience Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Creator Feliciana Nij
Section American
Materials Cloth | Dye
Iconography Zoomorphic
Description

Woman's Tzute or Sut for Wedding Cofradia. Purple, yellow, red, black and blue striped weave. Has yellow zoomorphic designs on one corner and yellow and blue zoomorphic and geometric designs in a second corner. Made by Feliciana Nij; purchased at 4 Ahau 1994.

Length 400.05 cm
Width 302.26 cm
Credit Line Gift of Theodore T. Newbold and Helen Cunningham, 2006

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