Textile

Museum number:
3-29953
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029953
Accession number:
Acc.4497
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; one end loom-finished while the other end has warps cut and hand-hemmed. 90 cm x 87.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Tzute de Mujer/ Woman's multipurpose cloth. Material, techniques: cotton, 2 singles white, red; 1 two-ply white; 2 two-ply in red, purple and 3 two-ply in purple; mercerized cotton; 8 two-ply in multicolors. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. This almost square piece has a central square of size houses, standing within is a female figure holding a basket in one hand while the other is raised as if in greeting; large bird-figures span the central area; some metallic yarn is incorporated in single lines in supp. weft.
Donor:
Brian Tapp
Collection place:
Palín, Escuintla, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Escuintla; Palin
Collector:
Brian Tapp
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 3-29953, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; one end loom-finished while the other end has warps cut and hand-hemmed. 90 cm x 87.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Tzute de Mujer/ Woman's multipurpose cloth. Material, techniques: cotton, 2 singles white, red; 1 two-ply white; 2 two-ply in red, purple and 3 two-ply in purple; mercerized cotton; 8 two-ply in multicolors. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. This almost square piece has a central square of size houses, standing within is a female figure holding a basket in one hand while the other is raised as if in greeting; large bird-figures span the central area; some metallic yarn is incorporated in single lines in supp. weft.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 3-29953, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; one end loom-finished while the other end has warps cut and hand-hemmed. 90 cm x 87.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Tzute de Mujer/ Woman's multipurpose cloth. Material, techniques: cotton, 2 singles white, red; 1 two-ply white; 2 two-ply in red, purple and 3 two-ply in purple; mercerized cotton; 8 two-ply in multicolors. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. This almost square piece has a central square of size houses, standing within is a female figure holding a basket in one hand while the other is raised as if in greeting; large bird-figures span the central area; some metallic yarn is incorporated in single lines in supp. weft.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-29953, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece; one end loom-finished while the other end has warps cut and hand-hemmed. 90 cm x 87.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Tzute de Mujer/ Woman's multipurpose cloth. Material, techniques: cotton, 2 singles white, red; 1 two-ply white; 2 two-ply in red, purple and 3 two-ply in purple; mercerized cotton; 8 two-ply in multicolors. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. This almost square piece has a central square of size houses, standing within is a female figure holding a basket in one hand while the other is raised as if in greeting; large bird-figures span the central area; some metallic yarn is incorporated in single lines in supp. weft.

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