Utility Cloth

Tzute

2014-19-138

From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | Santiago Atitlan

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tzute de Hombre
Object Number 2014-19-138
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tzutuhil
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Solola | Santiago Atitlan
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Man's tzute. Four horizontal bands of solid red, interspersed with three checkerboard black and white bands. Two horizontal narrow bands of orange-red in the middle of the cloth with narrow bands of brown above and below. Six magenta silk tassles attached.

Length 135 cm
Width 65.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of Louis Weinstock and Rosa Portell-Weinstock, 2014
Other Number L-699-138 - Old Loan Number

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