Tzute

Museum number:
3-29644
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Alternate number:
WT I (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by randa. End selvedges hemmed by hand-stitching. 8 1/2" silk floss tassels at each corner.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Chichicastenango
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk floss (floss)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1930-1940
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 56 centimeters and length 64 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton yarns, 2 singles in red, (predominant), and white. Suppl. weft brocading and randa in silk floss in purple, lavender, blue, dark blue. Iconography of double-headed eagles and geometric borders. CONTEXT OF USE: Tape tag attached inscribed "#40, $15." Lower right corner is patched with backstrap-loomed cloth joined by hand stitching; patch is cotton. Upper left corner is also patched, joined by hand-stitching patch is cotton, singles, predominately red with white, 3 1/2" x 7" in size. Upper right corner has 8" horizontal seam that is hand-stitched (repair). See also 3-29647 CONSERVATION: Very good, although patched at corners
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29644, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by randa. End selvedges hemmed by hand-stitching. 8 1/2" silk floss tassels at each corner.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29644, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by randa. End selvedges hemmed by hand-stitching. 8 1/2" silk floss tassels at each corner.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29644, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by randa. End selvedges hemmed by hand-stitching. 8 1/2" silk floss tassels at each corner.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29644, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by randa. End selvedges hemmed by hand-stitching. 8 1/2" silk floss tassels at each corner.

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