Tzute

Museum number:
3-28118
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1341 (previous number (Design Dept.)) and LMO 65 (previous number (Lila M. O'Neale), LMO cat #)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
Kerchief. Cotton homespun, wool, silk. Plain weave, brocaded, fringed. White ground, varicolored designs. Bird, animal, floral motifs. See Fig. 115g, Textiles of Highland Guatemala. 19 inches x 18 inches
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
San José Poaquil, Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala, San José Poaquil
Culture or time period:
Mayan
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Silk, and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 45.72 centimeters and width 48.26 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight handspun yarn
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-28118, described as Kerchief. Cotton homespun, wool, silk. Plain weave, brocaded, fringed. White ground, varicolored designs. Bird, animal, floral motifs. See Fig. 115g, Textiles of Highland Guatemala. 19 inches x 18 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-28118, described as Kerchief. Cotton homespun, wool, silk. Plain weave, brocaded, fringed. White ground, varicolored designs. Bird, animal, floral motifs. See Fig. 115g, Textiles of Highland Guatemala. 19 inches x 18 inchesDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-28118, described as Kerchief. Cotton homespun, wool, silk. Plain weave, brocaded, fringed. White ground, varicolored designs. Bird, animal, floral motifs. See Fig. 115g, Textiles of Highland Guatemala. 19 inches x 18 inches

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