Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-33B
From: Guatemala | Almolonga | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-33B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Almolonga | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 1955 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | One of two pieces, red cotton ground, brocaded, fringed on one end. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. 2 singles, Z twist, white and blue ikat cotton. 3 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 14 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, red cotton. 3 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplemental weft - single faced. 1 panel - 3 selvedges with fringe on one end. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 50 cm |
| Width | 57 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 33B - Other Number |
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