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Tzute, multipurpose cloth, dark blue with variety of multicolored animals and the word "Cantel"
Tzute, multipurpose cloth, dark blue with variety of multicolored animals and the word "Cantel"
Object Number 2013.24.9
Display Title Tzute, multipurpose cloth, dark blue with variety of multicolored animals and the word "Cantel"
Descriptions
Object Description Tzut, one small piece, backstrap loomed, selvages loom finished, dark blue cotton, multicolored silk two faced supplementary weft brocading, a menagerie of animal images, including a quetzal bird, embroidered in silk is the word "Cantel." A delightful piece.
Inventory Description Tzute, multipurpose cloth, dark blue cotton with variety of two faced multicolored cotton and silk supplementary weft brocade animals and the word "Cantel" embroidered in silk
Classification
  • Tzute
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Sacatepequez / <County> / Santo Domingo Xenacoj
Materials Dye , Cotton , Silk
Dimensions Overall: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.9; 9
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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