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Object Number
2013.24.66
Display Title
Tzute, women's multipurpose headcloth, two pieces sewn together, indigo with multicolored stripes in the middle and on the edges, multicolored floral and geometric images.
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 geometric images
Inventory Description
Tzute, women's multipurpose headcloth, two pieces sewn together, indigo cotton with multicolored stripes in the middle and on the edges, white, purple, and yellow silk floral and geometric images.
Classification
- Tzute
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
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Sacatepequez
/
<County>
/
San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Materials
Dye , Cotton , Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 72 × 95 cm (28 3/8 × 37 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.66
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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