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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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