Tzute

Museum number:
3-32159
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Alternate number:
ACW Guatemala #3 (previous number, Margot Schevill checklist number)
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Description:
Two piece cotton tzute. Central randa is embroidered in sections of tan, black and red and warp faced stripes in brown, black, red, white with fine orange warp stripes. Some of the thin black stripes have white ikat. Three selvages are finished and the fourth is rolled and hand sewn.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Sololá Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Solola
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
March 6, 2017
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
whole— thickness 0.1 centimeters, whole— length 142 centimeters, and whole— width 92 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tzute, accession number 3-32159, described as Two piece cotton tzute. Central randa is embroidered in sections of tan, black and red and warp faced stripes in brown, black, red, white with fine orange warp stripes. Some of the thin black stripes have white ikat. Three selvages are finished and the fourth is rolled and hand sewn.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tzute, accession number 3-32159, described as Two piece cotton tzute. Central randa is embroidered in sections of tan, black and red and warp faced stripes in brown, black, red, white with fine orange warp stripes. Some of the thin black stripes have white ikat. Three selvages are finished and the fourth is rolled and hand sewn.

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