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Tzute, women's multipurpose headcloth, two pieces sewn together, one end with twisted fringes, red, white, dark blue vertical stripes, series of multicolored half-triangles
Tzute, women's multipurpose headcloth, two pieces sewn together, one end with twisted fringes, red, white, dark blue vertical stripes, series of multicolored half-triangles
Object Number 2013.24.112
Display Title Tzute, women's multipurpose headcloth, two pieces sewn together, one end with twisted fringes, red, white, dark blue vertical stripes, series of multicolored half-triangles
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's tzut, two pieces, hand sewn together, backstrap loomed, one end loom finished, the other warps cut, twisted to create fringe on one end, red, white, dark blue vertical stripes, multicolored silk and cotton single faced supplementary weft brocading, half triangle images typical of this town
Inventory Description Tzute, women's multipurpose headcloth, two pieces sewn together, one end with twisted fringe, cotton red, white, dark blue vertical stripes, multicolored silk and cotton single faced supplementary weft brocade of half-triangles
Classification
  • Tzute
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Quetzaltenango / <County> / Almolonga
Materials Dye , Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 44 × 53 cm (17 5/16 × 20 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.112
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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