Utility Cloth

Tzute

85-2-135C

From: Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tzute
Object Number 85-2-135C
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | Comalapa | Department of Chimaltenango
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Cotton cloth. Red plaid with brocaded birds and figures with white stripes.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 64 epi, single ply, Z twist, cotton. Weft: 52 ppi, single, Z twist, cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 36 cm
Width 35 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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