Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-135B
From: Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-135B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Cotton cloth. Red plaid with yellow stripes. Brocaded birds in purple, white, brown, yellow, blue and green silk. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 44 epi, single, Z twist, cotton. Weft: 40 ppi, single, Z twist, cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 59 cm |
| Width | 62 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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