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Tzut
Object Number 2013.24.212
Display Title Tzut
Descriptions
Object Description Man's ceremonial tzut, two pieces, back strap loomed, all selvages cut and hemmed, white for ceremonial use, joined by a 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 Tzut, two pieces, all selvages cut and hemmed, stained white, central panel, purple brocade, geometric and double headed eagles, four purple silk tassels on 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 Cotton , Silk , Dye
Dimensions Overall: 90 × 76 cm (35 7/16 × 29 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.212; 34
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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