Tzute

Museum number:
3-16428
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1960
Description:
Tzute; cotton twill and plain weave; red warp; tan ground wefts; varicolored weft stripes including bands of ikat and silk weft; short fringe; 33 x 83 inches; ground wefts may have been blue and faded.
Donor:
Kathleen Morehouse
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; probably San Christobal Totonicapan
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collection date:
1890-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-16428, described as Tzute; cotton twill and plain weave; red warp; tan ground wefts; varicolored weft stripes including bands of ikat and silk weft; short fringe; 33 x 83 inches; ground wefts may have been blue and faded.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-16428, described as Tzute; cotton twill and plain weave; red warp; tan ground wefts; varicolored weft stripes including bands of ikat and silk weft; short fringe; 33 x 83 inches; ground wefts may have been blue and faded.

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