Utility Cloth
Tzute
85-2-336
From: Guatemala | Chajul | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Tzute |
| Object Number | 85-2-336 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ixil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Chajul | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | White cotton, red and lavender stripes, heavily brocaded with birds, horses and geometric designs in orange, green, yellow, blue, red, pink and purple. Red and purple dots brocaded in the center area. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, three ply, white cotton. Weft: 18-20 ppi, four singles and three ply, white cotton. Balanced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 73 cm |
| Width | 79 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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