Tzute

Museum number:

3-32070

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21030032070

Alternate number:

ACW 16 (previous number (collector's original number))

Accession number:

Acc.4798

Description:

Tzute. Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala.

Donor:

Anne Connell Wilson

Collection place:

Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala

Culture or time period:

Kaqchikel

Collector:

Anne Connell Wilson

Collection date:

May 16, 2005

Materials:

Cotton (textile)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb

Accession date:

April 8, 2016

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Dimensions:

length 99 centimeters and width 95 centimeters

Comment:

Gift from Albertina Lopez Cumes (later known as Bertina Lopez Cumez) to ACW in Panajachel, Guatemala, March 16, 2005. 1 paper tag and 1 cloth tag attached at back to one hem: (removed) Paper tag: “ACW #16” Cloth tag: “Gift to ACW from Albertina (Bertina) Lopez Cumes, of Santa Catarina Palopó, in Panajachel, Guatemala, the night we went to the award ceremony at her daughters’ school. March 16, 2005.” Note: At that time, Bertina & Grigorio’s daughters went to an evangelical school in Panajachel, the next town over from SCP, located a few miles away. The girls at that school did not wear traje. Some of the girls who won awards that night were dressed in low-cut, sleeveless evening gown-style dresses. Tzute. 2 panels, one hemmed at both ends, the other hemmed at one end with a finished selvage at the other end. Panels connected by decorative stitching (randa) using multicolored, variegated threads. Plain weave. Multicolored warp ikat warp stripes with black backgrounds alternate with narrower single color or 2 color warp stripes.

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