Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-329
From: Guatemala | San Antonio Palopo | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-329 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Antonio Palopo | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's cloth. Red and white with narrow stripes of red and dark blue on the white and yellow pin stripes on the red. Shadow cross stripes of blue and red forming indistinct plaid. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 78 epi, two singles, Z twist, red, white, blue and yellow cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, two singles, Z twist, red, yellow and blue and two singles, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Two panels, four selvedges each. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 85 cm |
| Width | 80 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 257 - Other Number |
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