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:
Palín, Escuintla, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Escuintla; Palin (Poqomam, central)
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:
1930s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 79 centimeters and width 82 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with white cotton thread. Native name and meaning: tzute- multipurpose cloth. CONTEXT OF USE: "all over dotted ground and small geometric forms" (O'Neale Fig. 115A) Dating relates to comparison with 3-29701 in which overall pattern is larger, greater space between sets; zigzag border on four sides. Lavender yarn called "hilo de Nicoya"; morado carizo, white spool cotton then dyed, perhaps with purpura patula. See also 3-29701-02