Backstrap-loomed. Balanced plain weave, single face suppl. weft brocading. One piece. Bottom selvedge loom-finished, at top warps cut, machine- stitched.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Escuintla Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Escuintla; Palin
Culture or time period:
Poqomam
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 76 centimeters and length 71 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with white and dark blue cotton thread. Double border of double zigzag. Native name and meaning: tzute- multipurpose cloth. CONTEXT OF USE: "all over dotted ground and small geometric forms" (O'Neale Fig. 115A) Animal designs introduced in the 1940s. Some lavender "hilo de carizas", (Arriola de Geng). See also 3-29700-01 CONSERVATION: Overall good, light stains.