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Woman’s Tzute from Chichicastenango
$5000

Woman’s Tzute from Chichicastenango
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  • Woman’s Tzute from Chichicastenango
  • Woman’s Tzute from Chichicastenango
  • Woman’s Tzute from Chichicastenango
  • Woman’s Tzute from Chichicastenango
  • Woman’s Tzute from Chichicastenango
  • Woman’s Tzute from Chichicastenango
  • Woman’s Tzute from Chichicastenango

The following item belongs to the range of “Antique and Rare Items of the Casa de Artes’ Treasures Series”. This item can only be purchased online using PAYPAL or a US Dollar Check sent to our P.O. Box address in Florida, USA. For buying instructions and more pictures, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

A special and unique woman’s tzute woven in two panels on a back strap loom. All the designs are woven in. The patterns represent: Cyclops dolls, rabbits, squirrels, mating felines, double headed eagles and feather serpents. The piece shows four selvedge ends, but one side has a seam made with silk. The joining band “randa” is embroidered with silk. The piece shows three woolen loops that were used probably to hang the tzute; it is only for decoration purpose.

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Age: Approximately woven in the 1940’s.
Ethnic Group: K’iché
Origin: Chichicastenango, El Quiche
Materials: Cotton, silk, wool and natural dyes (indigo plus, indigo and yellow)
Use: Tzute
Technique: Woven on a back strap loom
Size: Approximately 22" x 25"
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