Cloth

Museum number:
3-27344
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3119
Description:
Utility cloth; cotton; purple ground w/varicolored embroidered or brocaded geometric designs and birds; narrow striped borders; 1. 1.7 M., w. 53 cm. Native name and meaning: tzute. Context of use (incl. role in trade): *Tzute, a kerchief/utility cloth which may be worn or carried by a woman. Attribution fide Margaret Scheville, July 1978.
Donor:
Lila Jackson
Collection place:
Sacatepequez Department, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Lila Jackson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cloth, accession number 3-27344, described as Utility cloth; cotton; purple ground w/varicolored embroidered or brocaded geometric designs and birds; narrow striped borders; 1. 1.7 M., w. 53 cm. Native name and meaning: tzute. Context of use (incl. role in trade): *Tzute, a kerchief/utility cloth which may be worn or carried by a woman. Attribution fide Margaret Scheville, July 1978.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cloth, accession number 3-27344, described as Utility cloth; cotton; purple ground w/varicolored embroidered or brocaded geometric designs and birds; narrow striped borders; 1. 1.7 M., w. 53 cm. Native name and meaning: tzute. Context of use (incl. role in trade): *Tzute, a kerchief/utility cloth which may be worn or carried by a woman. Attribution fide Margaret Scheville, July 1978.

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