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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
Central America / Guatemala / Solola / <County> / San Marcos La Laguna
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wool, Pigment, Synthetic?
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 986-5-20/26164 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Woven
Raw Material |
San Pablo La Laguna
San Marcos La Laguna Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | |
| 986-5-20/26179 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
Woven |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26254 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
Woven |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26230 | Utility cloth (tzute? servilleta?) |
Woven
Raw Material |
Guatemala
| |
| 986-5-20/26188 | Man's headdress (tzute de hombre) |
Raw Material
Woven |
Santa Maria de Jesus
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango Nahvia | |
| 2013.24.93 | Tzute, women's multipurpose headcloth, white with red and blue stripes at edges, multicolored birds, animals, monkeys, dots, and geometrics |
Tzute
|
Palin
| |
| 2013.24.94 | Tzute, women's multipurpose headcloth, white with red and blue stripes and birds, animals, geometrics, and dots; stained |
Tzute
|
Palin
| |
| 986-5-20/26167 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Napkin
Raw Material |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 2013.24.92 | Tzute, women's multipurpose headcloth, white with wide red bands and thin purple stripes at edges with birds, animals, geometrics, and dots |
Tzute
|
Palin
| |
| 986-5-20/26192 | Shawl (rebozo) |
Raw Material
Shawl |
Nebaj
Chajul | |
| 970-24-20/23807 | Tzute or small huipil. white with blue, yellow, red, purple, and green. 97 x 74 |
Tzute
|
Sacatepequez
| |
| 986-5-20/26166 | Man's cloth (tzute de Cofradia) |
Woven
Raw Material |
Almolonga?
|