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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
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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