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Object Number
986-5-20/26179
Display Title
Woman's utility cloth (tzute)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tzute
Object Description
Woman's utility cloth (tzute); brown warp stripe with embroidered red birds with green, yellow and orange details; two widths, embroidered at join; mildew?
Inventory Description
Woven cotton textile, white with brown stripes with multi-colored designs.
Classification
- Woven
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1930-1939 ca?
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
El Quiche
/
<County>
/
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Materials
Cotton, Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 67.5 x 69 x 0.3 cm (26 9/16 x 27 3/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26179
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 986-5-20/26164 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
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| 986-5-20/26254 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
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Raw Material |
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| 986-5-20/26167 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
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| |
| 986-5-20/26230 | Utility cloth (tzute? servilleta?) |
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| |
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Raw Material |
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Raw Material
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Woven
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| 986-5-20/26217 | Man's headdress (tzute cabeza de hombre) |
Raw Material
Woven |
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Santa Maria de Jesus Nahvia | |
| 986-5-20/26242 | Utility cloth (tzute) |
Woven
|
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| |
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|
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| |
| 986-5-20/26240 | Utility cloth (tzute) |
Woven
Raw Material |
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