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Tzutes, two pieces, backstrap loomed, warps cut, create fringes on both ends, white cotton, multicolored silk two faced supplementary weft brocade, birds, geometric
Tzutes, two pieces, backstrap loomed, warps cut, create fringes on both ends, white cotton, multicolored silk two faced supplementary weft brocade, birds, geometric
Object Number 2013.24.169
Display Title Tzutes, two pieces, backstrap loomed, warps cut, create fringes on both ends, white cotton, multicolored silk two faced supplementary weft brocade, birds, geometric
Descriptions
Object Description Ceremonial woman's tzut, two pieces, back strap loomed, warps cut, create fringes on both ends, white cotton, multicolored silk two faced supplementary weft brocading, birds, geometric
Inventory Description Tzute, woman's, white cotton, fringed, red central portion, multicolored 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 , Silk
Dimensions Overall: 58 × 31 cm (22 13/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.169
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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