Head cloth

Museum number:
3-29232
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3890
Description:
Textile/ utility cloth/ tzute; red and white cotton warp face with abstracted double headed eagle design in varicolored brocading; zigzags, diamonds, rosettes, etc.; row of small birds above and below; four purple cotton corner tassels; 72.5 x 77.5 cm. Man's utility cloth; head covering, shoulder cloth, carrying cloth. Made in 1970's. Per Ann Rowe to wear the tzute, it is folded in half diagonally, with the fold low over the forehead. The two ends at the extremities of the fold are tied over the ends that hang down in back. The tassels often hang down in back; sometimes those from the tied corners hang down in front. Often the tzute is worn with the wrong side of the weaving facing out, presumably to protect the right side. For certain religious functions, the tzute is removed from the head and draped over the shoulders. Textile analysis form in accession envelope.
Donor:
Mrs. Olga Geng and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Quiché Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headcloths (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 3-29232, described as Textile/ utility cloth/ tzute; red and white cotton warp face with abstracted double headed eagle design in varicolored brocading; zigzags, diamonds, rosettes, etc.; row of small birds above and below; four purple cotton corner tassels; 72.5 x 77.5 cm. Man's utility cloth; head covering, shoulder cloth, carrying cloth. Made in 1970's. Per Ann Rowe to wear the tzute, it is folded in half diagonally, with the fold low over the forehead. The two ends at the extremities of the fold are tied over the ends that hang down in back. The tassels often hang down in back; sometimes those from the tied corners hang down in front. Often the tzute is worn with the wrong side of the weaving facing out, presumably to protect the right side. For certain religious functions, the tzute is removed from the head and draped over the shoulders. Textile analysis form in accession envelope.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 3-29232, described as Textile/ utility cloth/ tzute; red and white cotton warp face with abstracted double headed eagle design in varicolored brocading; zigzags, diamonds, rosettes, etc.; row of small birds above and below; four purple cotton corner tassels; 72.5 x 77.5 cm. Man's utility cloth; head covering, shoulder cloth, carrying cloth. Made in 1970's. Per Ann Rowe to wear the tzute, it is folded in half diagonally, with the fold low over the forehead. The two ends at the extremities of the fold are tied over the ends that hang down in back. The tassels often hang down in back; sometimes those from the tied corners hang down in front. Often the tzute is worn with the wrong side of the weaving facing out, presumably to protect the right side. For certain religious functions, the tzute is removed from the head and draped over the shoulders. Textile analysis form in accession envelope.

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