Tzute

Museum number:
3-28106
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Alternate number:
1343 (previous number (Design Dept.)) and LMO 95 (previous number (Lila M. O'Neale), LMO cat #)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
Kerchief. Cotton, silk. Plain weave, brocaded; four tassels at corners. White ground with red and magenta designs. Geometric motifs. See Fig. 84e, Textiles of Highland Guatemala 34 inches x 31 inches
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala, Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 31 inches and width 34 inches
Comment:
called "headcloth" Fig 84 e LMO text ? - Tzute
Loans:
S1993-1994 #4: Blackhawk Museums (August 31, 1993–March 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-28106, described as Kerchief. Cotton, silk. Plain weave, brocaded; four tassels at corners. White ground with red and magenta designs. Geometric motifs. See Fig. 84e, Textiles of Highland Guatemala 34 inches x 31 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-28106, described as Kerchief. Cotton, silk. Plain weave, brocaded; four tassels at corners. White ground with red and magenta designs. Geometric motifs. See Fig. 84e, Textiles of Highland Guatemala 34 inches x 31 inchesDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-28106, described as Kerchief. Cotton, silk. Plain weave, brocaded; four tassels at corners. White ground with red and magenta designs. Geometric motifs. See Fig. 84e, Textiles of Highland Guatemala 34 inches x 31 inches

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