Tzute

Museum number:
3-29649
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 140 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Tzute- Woman's: Backstrap-loomed, weft predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece. End selvedge warps cut creates a fringe.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Nebaj, El Quiche, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Ixil
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 87 centimeters and width 51 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton threads: 2 ply beige warp. Four singles/2 ply multi-colored suppl. weft. CONTEXT OF USE: Collector's tape tag attached "#19, $10." CONSERVATION: Good, although soiled.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29649, described as Tzute- Woman's: Backstrap-loomed, weft predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece. End selvedge warps cut creates a fringe.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29649, described as Tzute- Woman's: Backstrap-loomed, weft predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece. End selvedge warps cut creates a fringe.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29649, described as Tzute- Woman's: Backstrap-loomed, weft predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece. End selvedge warps cut creates a fringe.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29649, described as Tzute- Woman's: Backstrap-loomed, weft predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. One piece. End selvedge warps cut creates a fringe.

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