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Object Number
986-5-20/26188
Display Title
Man's headdress (tzute de hombre)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tzute de hombre
Object Description
Man's headdress (tzute de hombre); red ground with black warp pinstripes; single-face brocade of deer and quetzal birds, separate units, in orange, yellow, green and purple; embroidered at join in purple, orange, turquoise, yellow silk thread; large purple silk thread tassle at each corner; soiled
Inventory Description
Woven textile, red with black stripes, embroidered animals, multi-colored
Classification
- Woven
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1945 ca.
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
El Quiche
/
<County>
/
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Central America / Guatemala / Sacatepequez / <County> / Santa Maria de Jesus
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Nahvia
Central America / Guatemala / Sacatepequez / <County> / Santa Maria de Jesus
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Nahvia
Materials
Cotton, Wool, Silk, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 74.3 x 80 x 0.9 cm (29 1/4 x 31 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26188
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 986-5-20/26217 | Man's headdress (tzute cabeza de hombre) |
Woven
Raw Material |
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 | |
| 986-5-20/26205 | Man's cloth (tzute de hombre) |
Woven
|
Nahvia
Santa Maria de Jesus | |
| 986-5-20/26249 | Woman's general cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
Woven |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26166 | Man's cloth (tzute de Cofradia) |
Raw Material
Woven |
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| |
| 986-5-20/26164 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
Woven |
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San Marcos La Laguna Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | |
| 986-5-20/26255 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
Woven |
San Marcos La Laguna
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango San Pablo La Laguna | |
| 970-24-20/23749 | Tzute. red, yellow, green checked with yellow, pink, orange, purple, and blue de |
Woven
|
Chimaltenango
| |
| 2013.24.9 | Tzute, multipurpose cloth, dark blue with variety of multicolored animals and the word "Cantel" |
Tzute
|
Santo Domingo Xenacoj
| |
| 970-24-20/23801 | Embroidered tzute. white with red, yellow, green, purple, and blue embroidery. 8 |
Tzute
|
Sacatepequez
| |
| 986-5-20/26220 | Sobre huipil |
Raw Material
Shirt |
San Juan Cotzal
| |
| 986-5-20/26203 | Huipil |
Dress
Raw Material |
Quetzaltenango
|