Tzute

Museum number:
3-36
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Alternate number:
36 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Cat card says: Woman’s shawl and headdress (Xute) 3-36 white wool brocaded with red and yellow cotton with tassels on the corners; approximately 60 cm x 60 cm
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool (textile)
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:
length 60 centimeters and width 60 centimeters
Comment:
This is man's Txute per Shevill note 10/1983. It has tassels.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tzute, accession number 3-36, described as Cat card says: Woman’s shawl and headdress (Xute) 3-36 white wool brocaded with red and yellow cotton with tassels on the corners; approximately 60 cm x 60 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tzute, accession number 3-36, described as Cat card says: Woman’s shawl and headdress (Xute) 3-36 white wool brocaded with red and yellow cotton with tassels on the corners; approximately 60 cm x 60 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-36, described as Cat card says: Woman’s shawl and headdress (Xute) 3-36 white wool brocaded with red and yellow cotton with tassels on the corners; approximately 60 cm x 60 cm

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