Tzute

Museum number:
3-35
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
35 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s shawl and headdress (Xute); 3-35 wool and cotton; brocaded; multicolored with white background; approximately 88 cm x 77 cm; 3-36 white wool brocaded with red and yellow cotton with tassels on the corners; approximately 60 cm x 60 cm Remarks: "The Xute is used by both men and women, wrapped around the head; when large enough, around the shoulders"
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango, El Quiche, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Mayan
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (cat card says cotton and wool. schevill text p. 91 says cotton with cotton and silk floss suppl weft)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 77 centimeters and length 88 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen Archives
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-35, described as Woman’s shawl and headdress (Xute); 3-35 wool and cotton; brocaded; multicolored with white background; approximately 88 cm x 77 cm; 3-36 white wool brocaded with red and yellow cotton with tassels on the corners; approximately 60 cm x 60 cm Remarks: "The Xute is used by both men and women, wrapped around the head; when large enough, around the shoulders"Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-35, described as Woman’s shawl and headdress (Xute); 3-35 wool and cotton; brocaded; multicolored with white background; approximately 88 cm x 77 cm; 3-36 white wool brocaded with red and yellow cotton with tassels on the corners; approximately 60 cm x 60 cm Remarks: "The Xute is used by both men and women, wrapped around the head; when large enough, around the shoulders"Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-35, described as Woman’s shawl and headdress (Xute); 3-35 wool and cotton; brocaded; multicolored with white background; approximately 88 cm x 77 cm; 3-36 white wool brocaded with red and yellow cotton with tassels on the corners; approximately 60 cm x 60 cm Remarks: "The Xute is used by both men and women, wrapped around the head; when large enough, around the shoulders"
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-35, described as Woman’s shawl and headdress (Xute); 3-35 wool and cotton; brocaded; multicolored with white background; approximately 88 cm x 77 cm; 3-36 white wool brocaded with red and yellow cotton with tassels on the corners; approximately 60 cm x 60 cm Remarks: "The Xute is used by both men and women, wrapped around the head; when large enough, around the shoulders"

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