Tzute

Museum number:
3-56
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
56 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Men’s headcloth (tzute); white cotton; red and orange brocade; tassels at corners of orange, red and yellow; approximately 58 cm x 50 cm
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango, El Quiche, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 50 centimeters and length 58 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-56, described as Men’s headcloth (tzute); white cotton; red and orange brocade; tassels at corners of orange, red and yellow; approximately 58 cm x 50 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-56, described as Men’s headcloth (tzute); white cotton; red and orange brocade; tassels at corners of orange, red and yellow; approximately 58 cm x 50 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-56, described as Men’s headcloth (tzute); white cotton; red and orange brocade; tassels at corners of orange, red and yellow; approximately 58 cm x 50 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-56, described as Men’s headcloth (tzute); white cotton; red and orange brocade; tassels at corners of orange, red and yellow; approximately 58 cm x 50 cm

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