Tzute

Museum number:
3-29741
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 151 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Tzute-Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One piece, one end selvedge loom-finished, other warps cut and macramed.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Concepcion Chiquirichapa, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Quezaltenango; Concepcion Chiquirichapa
Culture or time period:
Mam
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk floss
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1970s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 78.3 centimeters and length 124.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed single and two-ply cotton, predominantly in dark blue, also in red, olive green, pink, magenta, green, beige, aqua blue, blue and gold; silk floss in beige. Native name and meaning: Tzute-multipurpose cloth. CONTEXT OF USE: Tag attached to tzute with "$20" written on it. The base cloth is deep dark blue and at each end of tzute is a broad stripe of brocading and the rest are of small geometric shapes. The bottom warps are macrame and finished with tassels that are 1-3 inches long. Provenance was by Arriola de Geng. CONSERVATION: Good. Ends slightly frayed.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29741, described as Tzute-Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One piece, one end selvedge loom-finished, other warps cut and macramed.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29741, described as Tzute-Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One piece, one end selvedge loom-finished, other warps cut and macramed.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29741, described as Tzute-Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One piece, one end selvedge loom-finished, other warps cut and macramed.

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