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Object Number
2013.24.31
Display Title
Tzute, men's multipurpose cloth, two pieces, red with narrow blue stripes and purple and pink double-headed eagles and geometric images, one tassel at each corner
Descriptions
Object Description
Man's tzut, two pieces, backstrap loomed, all selvages cut and hemmed, red cotton with narrow dark blue stripe, two pieces joined with multicolored silk randa, multicolored silk two faced supplementary weft brocading, geometric and double-headed eagles on both sides of the textile, four silk tassels on each corner
Inventory Description
Tzute, men's multipurpose cloth, two pieces joined with a multicolored silk randa, red cotton with narrow blue stripes and purple and pink silk two faced supplementary weft brocade of double-headed eagles and geometric images, one silk tassel at each corner
Classification
- Tzute
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
El Quiche
/
<County>
/
Chichicastenango
Materials
Dye , Cotton , Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 128 × 128 cm (50 3/8 × 50 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.31
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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