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Object Number
2013.24.93
Display Title
Tzute, women's multipurpose headcloth, white with red and blue stripes at edges, multicolored birds, animals, monkeys, dots, and geometrics
Descriptions
Object Description
Women's tzut, one piece, backstrap loomed, one end loom finished, other end warps cut and hemmed, white cotton with red and dark blue vertical stripes, colored wefts, multicolored cotton and sedalina single faced supplementary weft brocade, bird, animals, geometric images, and dots, monkey images in borders.
Inventory Description
Tzute, women's multipurpose headcloth, white cotton with red and blue cotton stripes at edges, cotton and sedalina single faced supplementary weft brocade of red, blue, yellow, and green birds, animals, monkeys, dots, and geometrics
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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Escuintla
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<County>
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Palin
Materials
Dye , Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 88 × 69 cm (34 5/8 × 27 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.93
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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