Utility Cloth

Tzute

85-2-58

Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery

From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tzute
Object Number 85-2-58
Current Location Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display
Culture Cakchiquel
Provenience Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Man's Cofradia cloth. Cotton with a striped background with brocading of animals, birds and floral designs. Tag reads, "Colocado debajo del plata que recozela limosna."

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 46 epi, three ply, Z twist, red and yellow cotton and two ply purple cotton. Weft: 16 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. One panel, four selvedges."

Length 59 cm
Width 56 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 58 - Other Number

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