Tzute, cofradía

Museum number:
3-29721
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Alternate number:
WT 147 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Tzute, cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. End selvedges loom-finished.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; San Pedro Sacatepequez
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
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:
1910-1920
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 48.5 centimeters and width 68.5 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed. Red cotton background; suppl. weft in , white, green, yellow cotton; lavender two ply; silk floss in ivory. Native name and meaning: Tzute, cofradia-- ceremonial multipurpose cloth. CONTEXT OF USE: Iconography: geometric animal figures including deer, squirrels. Could have been used as an apron. Dating relates to hilo de nicoya in the suppl. weft brocading (Arriola de Geng). See also 3-29722-23 CONSERVATION: Poor; heavily worn; full of holes no patches or reinforcement; frayed.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tzute, cofradía, accession number 3-29721, described as Tzute, cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. End selvedges loom-finished.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tzute, cofradía, accession number 3-29721, described as Tzute, cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. End selvedges loom-finished.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, cofradía, accession number 3-29721, described as Tzute, cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. End selvedges loom-finished.

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