Tzute

Museum number:
3-23460
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Accession number:
Acc.2393
Description:
Man’s tzute (shawl?); red cotton warp face; 3 thin blue warp stripes to each width; brocading similar to 3-23459 except done in cotton; main colors are blue & orange; thin orange cotton tassels from each corner.
Donor:
Mrs. Richard S. Robinson and Richard S. Robinson
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Virginia Wickenden
Collection date:
1923-1925
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1993-1994 #4: Blackhawk Museums (August 31, 1993–March 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-23460, described as Man’s tzute (shawl?); red cotton warp face; 3 thin blue warp stripes to each width; brocading similar to 3-23459 except done in cotton; main colors are blue & orange; thin orange cotton tassels from each corner.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-23460, described as Man’s tzute (shawl?); red cotton warp face; 3 thin blue warp stripes to each width; brocading similar to 3-23459 except done in cotton; main colors are blue & orange; thin orange cotton tassels from each corner.

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