Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-5
From: Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Iconography | Eagle |
| Description | Cloth for a man of noble rank. 42-35-1/5 are part of one costume. Red cotton with black hair stripes. Woven in two pieces with a heavy randa over seam. Broad, solidly brocaded band across the center of both sections in double headed eagle design in magenta, gold, green and black. Heavy magenta tassel at corner. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 56 epi, single, Z twist, red and navy cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red cotton. Predominantly warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Two panels, three selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 77 cm |
| Width | 90.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | II-A - Collector Number |
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