Tzute

Museum number:
3-28300
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1337 (previous number (Design Dept.)) and LMO 80 (previous number (Lila M. O'Neale))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
[ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
San Antonio Aguas Calientes, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala, San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel and Mayan
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 71 centimeters and length 59 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight LMO text says fragment of tzute
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 2 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 3 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 4 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 5 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 6 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 7 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 8 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 9 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 10 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 11 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 12 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 13 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 14 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 15 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Hearst Museum object 16 of 16 titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-28300, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Kerchief Materials: Cotton, a little silk Technique: Warp faced plain weave, brocaded Colors: Dark blue ground varicolored designs Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 " Remarks: Geometric motives, also name "Alvertina" ]

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