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Object Number 986-5-20/26167
Display Title Woman's utility cloth (tzute)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tzute
Object Description Woman's utility cloth (tzute); white ground with red and black warp stripe; red embroidered animals; two pieces embroidered at join; faded, worn, stained, torn; mildew?
Inventory Description Woven napkin, red, white and black striped, embroidered animals.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Napkin
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1960
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Dimensions Overall: 66.8 x 70.3 x 2 cm (26 5/16 x 27 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26167
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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