Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-310
From: Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Sacatepequez
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-310 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Quezaltenango | Sacatepequez |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Man's, red cotton with white stripe, two panels sewn together with purple cotton thread, one border fringed and edged in rick rack design with purple cotton. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 38 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, red cotton. 2 singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 22 ppi, 3 singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp plain weave. 2 panels - 2 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 143 cm |
| Width | 120 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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