Tzute

Museum number:
3-29898
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4193
Description:
Multipurpose cloth, back strap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave, two pieces joined by randa, warps cut and hemmed with silk floss. Geometric zig-zag motifs. Called “Tzute.” Dark blue background with white vertical stripes, red and yellow warps as accent on either side of randa, hemming done in a zigzag pattern with silk floss. Purple and lavender yarn, overall square-shaped in appearance. Made of singles cotton in white, dk. blue (indigo), red and yellow.
Donor:
Penelope Cooper
Collection place:
Totonicapán Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Totonicapan; Santa Maria Chiquimula, Guatemala
Collector:
Penelope Cooper
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29898, described as Multipurpose cloth, back strap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave, two pieces joined by randa, warps cut and hemmed with silk floss. Geometric zig-zag motifs. Called “Tzute.” Dark blue background with white vertical stripes, red and yellow warps as accent on either side of randa, hemming done in a zigzag pattern with silk floss. Purple and lavender yarn, overall square-shaped in appearance. Made of singles cotton in white, dk. blue (indigo), red and yellow.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29898, described as Multipurpose cloth, back strap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave, two pieces joined by randa, warps cut and hemmed with silk floss. Geometric zig-zag motifs. Called “Tzute.” Dark blue background with white vertical stripes, red and yellow warps as accent on either side of randa, hemming done in a zigzag pattern with silk floss. Purple and lavender yarn, overall square-shaped in appearance. Made of singles cotton in white, dk. blue (indigo), red and yellow.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29898, described as Multipurpose cloth, back strap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave, two pieces joined by randa, warps cut and hemmed with silk floss. Geometric zig-zag motifs. Called “Tzute.” Dark blue background with white vertical stripes, red and yellow warps as accent on either side of randa, hemming done in a zigzag pattern with silk floss. Purple and lavender yarn, overall square-shaped in appearance. Made of singles cotton in white, dk. blue (indigo), red and yellow.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29898, described as Multipurpose cloth, back strap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave, two pieces joined by randa, warps cut and hemmed with silk floss. Geometric zig-zag motifs. Called “Tzute.” Dark blue background with white vertical stripes, red and yellow warps as accent on either side of randa, hemming done in a zigzag pattern with silk floss. Purple and lavender yarn, overall square-shaped in appearance. Made of singles cotton in white, dk. blue (indigo), red and yellow.

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