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Object Number 41-90-20/14294
Display Title Tzute, or head handkerchief - white cloth with brown stripes & orange & yellow e
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tzute
Object Description Tzute, or head handkerchief - white cloth with brown stripes & orange & yellow embroidered designs
Inventory Description Tzute, white with brown stripes, embroidered orange and yellow geom. design
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Materials Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 76 x 15 cm (29 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 41-90-20/14294

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