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Tzut, woman's, white ground with red, multi-colored deer, two-headed eagles, brown and red stirped borders, two pieces sewn together
Tzut, woman's, white ground with red, multi-colored deer, two-headed eagles, brown and red stirped borders, two pieces sewn together
Object Number 2013.24.168
Display Title Tzut, woman's, white ground with red, multi-colored deer, two-headed eagles, brown and red stirped borders, two pieces sewn together
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's tzut, back strap loomed, one end loom finished, other hemmed, two pieces joined with multicolored cotton randa, white cotton with multicolored warp stripes including brown cotton in center and on side selvages, with multicolored cotton two faced supplementary weft brocading, animal and human images, some small double headed eagles
Inventory Description Tzut, woman's, white ground with red, multi-colored deer, two-headed eagles, brown and red stirped borders, two pieces sewn together
Classification
  • Tzute
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Chichicastenango
Materials Cotton , Dye
Dimensions Overall: 55.5 × 65 cm (21 7/8 × 25 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.168; 38
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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