Tzute

Museum number:
3-29647
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 88 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave: Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by a randa. One end selvedge loom-finished. The other end warps cut, turned, and hemmed with hand-stitching. Four corners have 11" tassels of purple silk floss.
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), Ixcaco, and Silk floss
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1930s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 68.5 centimeters and width 71 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton thread; 2 singles in red (predominate), also ixcaco and blue. Suppl. weft brocade with silk floss in pink, lavender, purple and white. Iconography of double-headed eagles and geometric borders. See also 3-29644 CONTEXT OF USE: Suppl weft has been dyed purple. Randa of silk floss in pink, lavender, white; purple dye on front gives dark re-maroon effect. Ixcaco stripes in warp very unusual; fine piece (Arriola de Geng) CONSERVATION:Good, although worn in suppl. weft brocading and soiled with multiple spots of purple dye.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29647, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave: Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by a randa. One end selvedge loom-finished. The other end warps cut, turned, and hemmed with hand-stitching. Four corners have 11" tassels of purple silk floss.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29647, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave: Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by a randa. One end selvedge loom-finished. The other end warps cut, turned, and hemmed with hand-stitching. Four corners have 11" tassels of purple silk floss.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tzute, accession number 3-29647, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave: Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by a randa. One end selvedge loom-finished. The other end warps cut, turned, and hemmed with hand-stitching. Four corners have 11" tassels of purple silk floss.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29647, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, plain weave: Single and two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined by a randa. One end selvedge loom-finished. The other end warps cut, turned, and hemmed with hand-stitching. Four corners have 11" tassels of purple silk floss.

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