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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 / Solola / <County> / San Pablo La Laguna
Central America / Guatemala / Solola / <County> / San Marcos La Laguna
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
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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Raw Material
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Raw Material
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Raw Material
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Textile
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Raw Material
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Raw Material
Woven
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Raw Material
Woven
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
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Woven
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Raw Material
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986-5-20/26194 Man's headdress (tzute cabeza de hombre)
Headdress
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Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Nahvia