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Tzute, red, white fringe on two sides, multicolored bands of brocade birds, geometric images
Tzute, red, white fringe on two sides, multicolored bands of brocade birds, geometric images
Object Number 2013.24.166
Display Title Tzute, red, white fringe on two sides, multicolored bands of brocade birds, geometric images
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's tzut, one piece, warps cut, create fringes on both ends, red cotton, multicolored silk single faced supplementary weft brocading, bird, geometric images. Light hand.
Inventory Description Tzute, red, white fringe on two sides, multicolored bands of brocade birds, geometric images
Classification
  • Tzute
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Nebaj
Materials Cotton , Dye
Dimensions Overall: 54.5 × 108 cm (21 7/16 × 42 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.166; 128
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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