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Object Number
986-5-20/26164
Display Title
Woman's utility cloth (tzute)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tzute
Object Description
Woman's utility cloth (tzute); huipil-length; 2 widths embroidered at join in red and green thread; white ground, warp lines near middle and at each end; 2 red warp lines; no weft lines; single-face brocade in red, orange and green; design is of 6 pairs of free-standing quadrupeds (dogs?) mounting each other; small human figures scattered in between
Inventory Description
Woven cotton textile, white w/ red, yellow and black humans and mating animals.
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
Central America / Guatemala / Solola / <County> / San Pablo La Laguna
Central America / Guatemala / Solola / <County> / San Marcos La Laguna
Central America / Guatemala / Solola / <County> / San Pablo La Laguna
Central America / Guatemala / Solola / <County> / San Marcos La Laguna
Materials
Cotton, Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 84 x 85 x 0.2 cm (33 1/16 x 33 7/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26164
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 986-5-20/26255 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
Woven |
San Marcos La Laguna
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango San Pablo La Laguna | |
| 986-5-20/26254 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Woven
Raw Material |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26230 | Utility cloth (tzute? servilleta?) |
Woven
Raw Material |
Guatemala
| |
| 986-5-20/26179 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
Woven |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26167 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
Napkin |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26166 | Man's cloth (tzute de Cofradia) |
Woven
Raw Material |
Almolonga?
| |
| 986-5-20/26251 | Textile |
Woven
Raw Material |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26188 | Man's headdress (tzute de hombre) |
Raw Material
Woven |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Santa Maria de Jesus Nahvia | |
| 986-5-20/26240 | Utility cloth (tzute) |
Woven
Raw Material |
El Quiche
| |
| 986-5-20/26242 | Utility cloth (tzute) |
Woven
|
El Quiche
| |
| 986-5-20/26217 | Man's headdress (tzute cabeza de hombre) |
Raw Material
Woven |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Santa Maria de Jesus Nahvia | |
| 986-5-20/26194 | Man's headdress (tzute cabeza de hombre) |
Headdress
|
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Santa Maria de Jesus Nahvia |