Tzute

Museum number:
3-29688
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Alternate number:
WT 253
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Tzute de hombre: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave with two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two angular pieces joined with randa in silk. End selvedges loom-finished. Three 6" multicolored wool tassels at each corner.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Zacualpa, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Zacualpa
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Silk floss (randa), and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1940-1950
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 94 centimeters and length 145 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: : Backstrap-loomed of cotton thread; singles in orange. 2 singles in red, dull green and yellow. CONTEXT OF USE: Tape tag "#23, $5". Red yarn imported, called "rojo aleman", used in Patzun and Sumpango (Arriola de Geng). CONSERVATION:Good. Some suppl. weft in bottom selvedge pulled through.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29688, described as Tzute de hombre: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave with two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two angular pieces joined with randa in silk. End selvedges loom-finished. Three 6" multicolored wool tassels at each corner.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29688, described as Tzute de hombre: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave with two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two angular pieces joined with randa in silk. End selvedges loom-finished. Three 6" multicolored wool tassels at each corner.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29688, described as Tzute de hombre: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave with two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two angular pieces joined with randa in silk. End selvedges loom-finished. Three 6" multicolored wool tassels at each corner.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29688, described as Tzute de hombre: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave with two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two angular pieces joined with randa in silk. End selvedges loom-finished. Three 6" multicolored wool tassels at each corner.

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