Utility Cloth

Tzute

98-23-9

From: Guatemala | San Raimundo | Department of Sacatepequez

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tzute De Mujer
Object Number 98-23-9
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guatemala | San Raimundo | Department of Sacatepequez
Culture Area Central American
Date Made 1989-1992
Section American
Materials Cotton
Technique Embroidered
Description

Tzute - all purpose cloth. Predominately purple and yellow. Two pieces of cloth sewn together at a blue seam, center. Yellow, red, purple, blue, and grey warp with a square of embroidery in each corner done in yellow, green, and purple.

Length 124 cm
Width 124 cm
Credit Line Gift of Theodore T. Newbold and Helen Cunningham in commemoration of Pamela Jardine's retirement, 1998

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