Utility Cloth
Tzute
42-35-292
From: Guatemala | Solola | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 42-35-292 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Solola | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | pre 1933 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cloth worn on head under palm leaf hat. Red with embroidered burros, birds, cats and horses in rows in blue, white, yellow, purple and green. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 52 cm |
| Width | 49 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 221-C - Collector Number |
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