Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-168
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-168 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Aguas Calientes | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Navy ground, cotton, red and green bands, brocaded design. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 84 epi, 2 singles, multicolored cotton, 2 ply lavendar. Weft: 28 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, blue cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft - double faced. 2 panels - 4 selvedges. Made on backstap loom." |
| Length | 97 cm |
| Width | 76 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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