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Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29725, described as Tzute-Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two pieces joined with randa. One end selvedge loom finished, the other end warps cut.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29854, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two lienzos handsewn together, joined with randa, warps cut, decoratively hemmed by hand.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-23459, described as Man’s tzute (shawl?); red cotton warp face; thin blue warp stripes, 2 widths; heavy varicolored silk brocade center; main color is purple, seamed in silk blocks of same colors with purple tassels at each corner. “New style.”
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29959, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave; two-faced supp. weft brocading; two pieces joined with randa; one end loom-finished, other end warps cut and hand-hemmed. 11" tassels added to all four corners. 96.5 cm x 96.5 cm. Native name/meaning: Tzute, hombre/Man's headcloth. Materials, techniques: Cotton: 2 two-ply black, blue and 4 two-ply black; mercerzied cotton in 5 two-ply in multicolors. Iconography consists of animals, abstracted double eagles, in geometrics. Context of use: Donated by Brian Tapp in memory of Rodolfo Alvarez Farfan. Zigzag patterns are an abstract rendering of the double-headed eagle design (Schevill); handsome tassels at four corners begin with yellow around which is an aqua puffed ring; the yellow is then knotted to maroon cotton, the dominant color of the tassel. The tassels are each knotted towards the bottom.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29734, described as Tzute-Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single-faced suppl. weft brocading. One selvedge loom-finished, other warps cut, macramé, twisted into a fringe.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29741, described as Tzute-Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. Single and two-faced supp. weft brocading. One piece, one end selvedge loom-finished, other warps cut and macramed.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29870, described as Treadle-loomed, plain weave, one lienzo, warps cut, create fringe.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29866, described as Treadle-loomed, weft-faced plain weave, two lienzos machine-sewn together, warps cut, hand-hemmed.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29688, described as Tzute de hombre: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave with two-faced suppl. weft brocading. Two angular pieces joined with randa in silk. End selvedges loom-finished. Three 6" multicolored wool tassels at each corner.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29853, described as Backstrap-loomed, plain weave, 2 lienzos joined with handsewn randa, warps cut, hemmed with hand stitching.

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