Head cloth

Museum number:
3-29231
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3890
Description:
Textile/ utility cloth/ tzute; cotton with varicolored zigzag bands with row of birds at top, row of four legged animals below; red warp face with black stripes; two loom widths sewn together; maroon cotton corner tassels; 74 X 82.5 cm. Shawl/ head covering/ carrying cloth. Design said to be "feathered serpent effect." This example is a "male tzute." Made in 1980's. Per Ann Rowe to wear the tzute, it is folded in half diagonally, with the fold low over the forehead. The two ends at the extremities of the fold are tied over the ends that hang down in back. The tassels often hang down in back; sometimes those from the tied corners hang down in front. Often the tzute is worn with the wrong side of the weaving facing out, presumably to protect the right side. For certain religious functions, the tzute is removed from the head and draped over the shoulders. Textile analysis form in accession envelope.
Donor:
Mrs. Olga Geng and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headcloths (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 3-29231, described as Textile/ utility cloth/ tzute; cotton with varicolored zigzag bands with row of birds at top, row of four legged animals below; red warp face with black stripes; two loom widths sewn together; maroon cotton corner tassels; 74 X 82.5 cm. Shawl/ head covering/ carrying cloth. Design said to be "feathered serpent effect." This example is a "male tzute." Made in 1980's. Per Ann Rowe to wear the tzute, it is folded in half diagonally, with the fold low over the forehead. The two ends at the extremities of the fold are tied over the ends that hang down in back. The tassels often hang down in back; sometimes those from the tied corners hang down in front. Often the tzute is worn with the wrong side of the weaving facing out, presumably to protect the right side. For certain religious functions, the tzute is removed from the head and draped over the shoulders. Textile analysis form in accession envelope.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 3-29231, described as Textile/ utility cloth/ tzute; cotton with varicolored zigzag bands with row of birds at top, row of four legged animals below; red warp face with black stripes; two loom widths sewn together; maroon cotton corner tassels; 74 X 82.5 cm. Shawl/ head covering/ carrying cloth. Design said to be "feathered serpent effect." This example is a "male tzute." Made in 1980's. Per Ann Rowe to wear the tzute, it is folded in half diagonally, with the fold low over the forehead. The two ends at the extremities of the fold are tied over the ends that hang down in back. The tassels often hang down in back; sometimes those from the tied corners hang down in front. Often the tzute is worn with the wrong side of the weaving facing out, presumably to protect the right side. For certain religious functions, the tzute is removed from the head and draped over the shoulders. Textile analysis form in accession envelope.

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