Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-252
From: Guatemala | Santiago Zamora | Department of Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-252 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santiago Zamora | Department of Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Red cotton cloth of two pieces sewn together. Siingle and compound stripes of blue, white and yellow in combination. Broad selvedge stripes of blue with yellow edge. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, three singles, Z twist, white, red, blue and yellow cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, three singles, Z twist, white and blue cotton. Warp predominantly plain weave. Two panels, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 70.5 cm |
| Width | 82 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 171 - Other Number |
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