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Object Number
2013.24.65
Display Title
Tzute, women's multipurpose cloth, indgo with multicolored vertical stripes, floral, and human images, writing
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's tzut, two pieces, handsewn together, backstrap loomed, loom finished selvages, dark blue (indigo) and multicolored cotton vertical stripes in center and outer selvages, multicolored silk double faced supplementary weft brocading, floral and human images, woven words: ano 1942, San Antonio Aguas Calientes. One grouping could be Mary on Donkey with Jesus and Joseph
Inventory Description
Tzute, woman's multipurpose cloth, indigo with multicolored cotton vertical stripes and multicolored silk SWB of floral and human images, words: Año 1942, San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Classification
- Tzute
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Guatemala
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Sacatepequez
/
<County>
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San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Materials
Cotton , Silk , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 97 × 74 cm (38 3/16 × 29 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.65
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Bertha Sanford (Wiener) Dodge and
Carroll William Dodge, who together collected these Guatemalan textiles
Provenance
Collector
Bertha Sanford Dodge
Collector
Carroll William Dodge
Donor
Donated by
Mary Dodge Cobb
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