Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-8
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-8 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Tzute with white cotton ground and ends fringed. Brocaded geometric design bands. Tag reads, "Ceremonial cloth. Subalchej." As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 18 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white and green cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, two selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 83 cm |
| Width | 71 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 8 - Other Number |
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