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Tzut, men's ceremonial multipurpose cloth, red with thin yellow stripes and yellow geometric bands at both ends, twisted fringes at both ends
Tzut, men's ceremonial multipurpose cloth, red with thin yellow stripes and yellow geometric bands at both ends, twisted fringes at both ends
Object Number 2013.24.98
Display Title Tzut, men's ceremonial multipurpose cloth, red with thin yellow stripes and yellow geometric bands at both ends, twisted fringes at both ends
Descriptions
Object Description Ceremonial tzut, one piece, backstrap loomed, warps cut and twisted, create fringes on both ends, red with narrow yellow cotton vertical stripes, predominantly yellow cotton single faced supplementary weft brocading horizontal bands on both ends, geometric designs, also weaver's marks, small geometric designs
Inventory Description Tzute, men's ceremonial multipurpose cloth, red cotton with thin yellow stripes and yellow cotton single faced supplementary weft brocade bands of geometrics at both ends, small geometric designs and weavers marks, twisted fringes at both ends
Classification
  • Tzute
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Huehuetenango / <County> / Colotenango
Central America / Guatemala / Huehuetenango / <County> / Huehuetenango
Materials Dye , Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 51 × 118 cm (20 1/16 × 46 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.98; 81
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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