Utility Cloth
Tzute
99-23-102
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 99-23-102 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Maya |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Wedding cloth with a white, cotton ground with red stripes along the selvedges. Brocaded bands with birds at the ends. Brocaded flowers and birds on white ground. Fringe with supplementary tassels. Cotton colored red, white, yellow, purple, dark red, red and green. Silk colored yellow. |
| Length | 96.52 cm |
| Width | 78.74 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Betty Gerstley, 1999 |
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