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Object Number
986-5-20/26254
Display Title
Woman's utility cloth (tzute)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tzute
Object Description
Woman's utility cloth (tzute); 2 dimensions; natural ground, brown warp lines at edges and middle; free-standing brocade women in 3 sizes (the smallest hang from the bottom of the largest's skirt), in red, light and dark green, dark blue, yellow-beige; figures are highly stylized; made in two pieces, embroidered at join; very worn, faded; holes; discolored
Inventory Description
Woven textile, tan with brown stripes, embroidered human figures.
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
Materials
Cotton, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 74.3 x 73 x 0.5 cm (29 1/4 x 28 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26254
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) |
Raw Material
Woven |
San Pablo La Laguna
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| 986-5-20/26255 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
Woven |
San Marcos La Laguna
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango San Pablo La Laguna | |
| 986-5-20/26167 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
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| 986-5-20/26179 | Woman's utility cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
Woven |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26230 | Utility cloth (tzute? servilleta?) |
Raw Material
Woven |
Guatemala
| |
| 986-5-20/26238 | Utility cloth (tzute) |
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|
El Quiche
| |
| 986-5-20/26249 | Woman's general cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
Woven |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
| |
| 986-5-20/26205 | Man's cloth (tzute de hombre) |
Woven
|
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Santa Maria de Jesus | |
| 986-5-20/26217 | Man's headdress (tzute cabeza de hombre) |
Woven
Raw Material |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Santa Maria de Jesus Nahvia | |
| 986-5-20/26188 | Man's headdress (tzute de hombre) |
Raw Material
Woven |
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Santa Maria de Jesus Nahvia | |
| 986-5-20/26242 | Utility cloth (tzute) |
Woven
|
El Quiche
| |
| 986-5-20/26240 | Utility cloth (tzute) |
Raw Material
Woven |
El Quiche
|