Tzute

Museum number:
3-29632
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 229 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. One piece; all selvedges loom-finished.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Chajul, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Chajul
Culture or time period:
Ixil
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk floss (floss)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 126.5 centimeters and width 64 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton yarns: warp 2 singles in white (predominant) plus red. Embroidered in silk floss and wool or acrylic singles. Vegetal, bird and human-like iconography. CONTEXT OF USE: Three rows of embroidery (Arriola de Geng) done in various iconography: two of the rows of mixed images and the other row of a single kind. One bird's wing is done in a different type of fiber (bright magenta color), possibly a weaver's mark? Other design elements include the use of thin red stripes in both the warp and the weft. CONSERVATION: Overall in good condition; some dirt or stains throughout textile, possibly water or rust stains; no apparent holes or tears.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29632, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. One piece; all selvedges loom-finished.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29632, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. One piece; all selvedges loom-finished.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29632, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. One piece; all selvedges loom-finished.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29632, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. One piece; all selvedges loom-finished.

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