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Object Number 986-5-20/26255
Display Title Woman's utility cloth (tzute)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tzute
Object Description Woman's utility cloth (tzute); 2 widths; no fringe; bright red ground, with orange, green, white, black and yellow warp stripes; no weft stripes; orange, green, yellow, dark blue single-face - floats - brocade design of 6 free-standing pairs of large mounting animals (dogs?), with smaller versions of same surrounding; made in two pieces, embroidered at join in hourglass pattern in yellow, aqua/blue, red/brown, violet/blue
Inventory Description Woven cotton textile, striped with multicolored embroidered mounting 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
Dimensions Overall: 86 x 70.5 x 0.1 cm (33 7/8 x 27 3/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26255
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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