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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 3-32072, described as Tzute, Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-32070, described as Tzute. Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-23460, described as Man’s tzute (shawl?); red cotton warp face; 3 thin blue warp stripes to each width; brocading similar to 3-23459 except done in cotton; main colors are blue & orange; thin orange cotton tassels from each corner.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29632, described as Tzute: Backstrap-loomed, warp predominant plain weave. One piece; all selvedges loom-finished.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-23487, described as Woman's tzute; two-width, finely woven cotton warp face; red center; narrow warp stripes; bands of birds alternate with bands of flowers; "R.S.L 1925" embroidered on one piece; 67.3 x 82.5 cm length.
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 3-15626, described as Cofrade “zoot” (?) headpiece. Square, approximately 28 inches. Embroidered polychrome on red.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-29880, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave, one piece, end selvedges loom-finished.

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