Tzute

Museum number:
3-28011a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210328011a@2cb
Alternate number:
1892 (previous number (Design Dept.), a b) and LMO 77 (previous number (Lila M. O'Neale), LMO cat #)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
Two fragments of a woman’s tzute. Materials: cotton, a little silk Technique: basket weave, brocaded. (b) has 1/2 basket stripe Colors: dark blue ground, varicolored designs Dimensions: (a) 4 1/4 inches by 11 1/2 inches. (b) 3 1/4 inches by 19 inches. Both irregular. Floral, wave motifs. Aguas Calientes, San Antonio, Guatemala
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
San Antonio Aguas Calientes, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala, San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel
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 11.5 inches, width 3.25 inches, length 19 inches, and width 4.25 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-28011a,b, described as Two fragments of a woman’s tzute. Materials: cotton, a little silk Technique: basket weave, brocaded. (b) has 1/2 basket stripe Colors: dark blue ground, varicolored designs Dimensions: (a) 4 1/4 inches by 11 1/2 inches. (b) 3 1/4 inches by 19 inches. Both irregular. Floral, wave motifs. Aguas Calientes, San Antonio, GuatemalaDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-28011a,b, described as Two fragments of a woman’s tzute. Materials: cotton, a little silk Technique: basket weave, brocaded. (b) has 1/2 basket stripe Colors: dark blue ground, varicolored designs Dimensions: (a) 4 1/4 inches by 11 1/2 inches. (b) 3 1/4 inches by 19 inches. Both irregular. Floral, wave motifs. Aguas Calientes, San Antonio, Guatemala

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