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Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 10-1579, described as Small man's head clot; cotton plain weave; red; torn edges; 33 inches by 5 inches
Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 3-29232, described as Textile/ utility cloth/ tzute; red and white cotton warp face with abstracted double headed eagle design in varicolored brocading; zigzags, diamonds, rosettes, etc.; row of small birds above and below; four purple cotton corner tassels; 72.5 x 77.5 cm. Man's utility cloth; head covering, shoulder cloth, carrying cloth. Made in 1970's. Per Ann Rowe to wear the tzute, it is folded in half diagonally, with the fold low over the forehead. The two ends at the extremities of the fold are tied over the ends that hang down in back. The tassels often hang down in back; sometimes those from the tied corners hang down in front. Often the tzute is worn with the wrong side of the weaving facing out, presumably to protect the right side. For certain religious functions, the tzute is removed from the head and draped over the shoulders. Textile analysis form in accession envelope.
Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 10-1780, described as Man's headcloth of red dotted trade material; cotton; folded from 36 inches square
Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 10-1580, described as Man's head clot; cotton plain weave; red; torn edges; 32 inches by 32 inches
Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 10-1578, described as Man's head cloth with bead pendants at each corner; cotton plain weave; red, white, polkadot, 35 inches by 35 inches
Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 9-21200, described as (#7 per Eric Crystal.)Old woman’s head cloth. Rectangular piece of cloth, medium brown warp and weft, with tan, blue, and brown weft stripes; wide bands of discontinuous supplementary weft patterns in blue and several shades of tan; and narrow bands of continuous supplementary weft in tan. Pattern variations noted from wide band to wide band, and within wide bands. Selvedges more closely woven than rest of cloth, with some double warps noted. 2 repaired holes noted. Warp ends cut at both ends. A number of threads of different colors noted along selvedges and at ends, as though sewn into cloth and then cut or worn off. At one end, 3 dark blue pieces of thread hanging through cloth noted; on wrong (?) side of other end, loose streak of fuzzy blue-purplish bits of fiber noted. Line of small holes resembling needle holes runs selvedge to selvedge ~2 cm from end at one end of cloth. Similar line extends ~2/3 of way from one selvedge toward the other at other end of cloth. Some parts of selvedge have bits of orange and/or white thread through cloth. 168cm L x 43.5cm W.
Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 9-21201, described as (#8 per Eric Crystal.) Woman’s head cloth. Rectangular cloth consisting of dark blue length of cloth with a piece of red cloth sewn on at each end. Entire cloth is asymmetrical. At one end, smaller piece of red cloth, woven in balanced plain weave, red warp and weft, (41cm x 12 cm), double thickness, has red, off-white, and gold plied threads sewn almost completely around its perimeter, except at two outer corners. Here, plied threads extend beyond cloth and thread ends are ravelled, and 2 layers red cloth are separated to form pockets containing thick tassels of red, off-white, and gold threads. Threads extend ~10cm beyond red cloth. Central blue cloth is undecorated except for sewn pattern of white zig-zag lines bordered on each side by rows of bright pink stitches, near red cloth with tassels. Blue cloth is 112cm L x 40.5 cm W; at other end, where sewn to larger piece of red cloth, cloth has been folded over to accommodate narrower (36.5cm) width of this red cloth. Larger (44.5 cm x 39 cm) red cloth sewn to this end blue cloth. This cloth balanced plain weave, red warp and weft, virtually completely covered with supplementary weft pattern in purple, yellow-green, green, gold, and off-white. Large central motif is multi-colored, woven as colored bands of continuous supplementary weft. Narrow multi-colored band of small motifs at each end of central pattern is woven as discontinuous supplementary weft. These narrow bands themselves are bordered by very narrow weft stripes. Outer end folded over and hemmed; fringe of plied bundles of pink and/or off-white threads sewn to hem. One fringe has remnant of bright pink fuzzy fiber tied around end. 166cmL x 40cm W for most of length; at tassels, cloth broadens to ~45 cm W.
Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 3-29231, described as Textile/ utility cloth/ tzute; cotton with varicolored zigzag bands with row of birds at top, row of four legged animals below; red warp face with black stripes; two loom widths sewn together; maroon cotton corner tassels; 74 X 82.5 cm. Shawl/ head covering/ carrying cloth. Design said to be "feathered serpent effect." This example is a "male tzute." Made in 1980's. Per Ann Rowe to wear the tzute, it is folded in half diagonally, with the fold low over the forehead. The two ends at the extremities of the fold are tied over the ends that hang down in back. The tassels often hang down in back; sometimes those from the tied corners hang down in front. Often the tzute is worn with the wrong side of the weaving facing out, presumably to protect the right side. For certain religious functions, the tzute is removed from the head and draped over the shoulders. Textile analysis form in accession envelope.

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