Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-196
From: Guatemala | Department of Quiche | Nebaj
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-196 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ixil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quiche | Nebaj |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 1930-1949 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | 1930's or 40's red cotton with green striped bands, knotted fringes, brocaded bands in silk and cotton. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 84 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, red, green, blue, white and orange cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp face plain weave. Supplemental weft - single faced. 1 panel - 2 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 91 cm |
| Width | 61 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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