Tzute

Museum number:
3-29645
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 167 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave,. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by randa. End selvedge loom-finished at bottom; other end warps cut and hemmed by hand.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Chichicastenango
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1970s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 61 centimeters and width 65 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton threads: white over-dyed with purple. Suppl. weft over-dyed purple, blue, and brown. CONTEXT OF USE: This piece possibly dates from the 1970s judging by the warp-weft count and the fact that it has been over-dyed purple (Schevill 1985, pp 25-32. CONSERVATION: Good; several holes; one torn corner; patched at two other corners.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29645, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave,. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by randa. End selvedge loom-finished at bottom; other end warps cut and hemmed by hand.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29645, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave,. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by randa. End selvedge loom-finished at bottom; other end warps cut and hemmed by hand.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29645, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave,. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by randa. End selvedge loom-finished at bottom; other end warps cut and hemmed by hand.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29645, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave,. Two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by randa. End selvedge loom-finished at bottom; other end warps cut and hemmed by hand.

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