Collection place: Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala / Accession number: Acc.4193 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29899, described as Multipurpose cloth; backstrap-loomed, warp predominate plain weave; single faced supplemental weft brocading; two pieces joined by randa, one end warps cut, hand hemmed, other end loom-finished. Chevrons, vine-line designs, dots. 107 cm x 101 cm. Native name: tzute, multipurpose cloth. Materials, techniques: singles cotton in red, yellow; sedalina, two-ply, yellow, green, purple; sedalina, three-ply, blue, yellow, green, purple. Context of use: German red background with yellow vertical stripe with green and purple warps worked in as accents on either side of randa; brocading on single side and hemmed on one side in wrapped stitch; over all appearance is a rectangular shape.