Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-135A
From: Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-135A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Cofradia cloth. Red, plaid cotton with yellow and blue stripes. Scattered brocaded designs of animals, birds and figures. Silk thread. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, single, Z twist, cotton. Weft: 36 ppi, single, Z twist, cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 102 cm |
| Width | 108 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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