Tzute, cofradía

Museum number:
3-29723
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Alternate number:
WT 82b (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.3411 and Acc.4405
Description:
Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. End selvedges loom-finished.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen and Ms. Jean Brown
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)
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:
width 54 centimeters and length 71 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed. Single and two ply cotton in red, white, purple, yellow, blue. Native name and meaning: Tzute, cofradia (pedazo)fragment. CONTEXT OF USE: The holes might be animal made (moths, mice), rather than from use. There are small straps at two corners like 3-29721; perhaps was used as an apron or window covering. See also 3-29721-22 CONSERVATION: Poor; torn with holes and no reinforcement or patches, stained.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, cofradía, accession number 3-29723, described as Tzute: 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 3-29723, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. End selvedges loom-finished.

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