Backstrap-loomed. Balanced plain weave, single face suppl. weft brocading. One piece. Bottom selvedge loom-finished, at top warps cut, machine- stitched.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Palín, Escuintla, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Escuintla; Palin (Poqomam central)
Culture or time period:
Poqomam
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:
1910s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 73 centimeters and length 73 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton thread, predominantly white with pink. Border of double zigzags on four sides. Native name and meaning: tzute- multipurpose cloth. CONTEXT OF USE: "all over dotted ground and small geometric forms" (O'Neale Fig. 115A) "hilo de Nicoya"; small simple abstract designs in older pieces (Arriola de Geng). See also 3-29700 and 3-29702 CONSERVATION: Overall fair, stained, holes.