Tzute

Museum number:
3-29919
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4193
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave; one piece; one loom-finished selvedge, other end warps cut and hand-hemmed with wrap-stitch; four tassels at corners of cloth; 127 cm X 53.5 cm.
Donor:
Penelope Cooper
Collection place:
Sololá Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Solola; Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Penelope Cooper
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29919, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave; one piece; one loom-finished selvedge, other end warps cut and hand-hemmed with wrap-stitch; four tassels at corners of cloth; 127 cm X 53.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29919, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave; one piece; one loom-finished selvedge, other end warps cut and hand-hemmed with wrap-stitch; four tassels at corners of cloth; 127 cm X 53.5 cm.

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