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Utilitarian cloth (Tzute)
Utilitarian cloth (Tzute)

Utilitarian cloth (Tzute)

early 20th century
Object PlaceSacapulas, Quiche, Guatemala
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave embroidered with silk or rayon, wool and cotton
DimensionsOverall: 105.4 x 142.2 cm (41 1/2 x 56 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jeffrey B. Spurr in memory of Mary Hunt Kahlenberg
Accession number2012.445
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1970, sold by Frances Pratt, to Jack Lenor Larsen, New York; by about 2000, sold by Larsen to Thomas Murray, Mill Valley, CA; about 2000, exchanged by Thomas Murray with Jeff Spurr, Cambridge, MA; 2012, gift of Jeff Spurr to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2012)

Group shot: 2017.4362.1-3
Rei Kawakubo
Autumn/Winter 2001–2002
Group shot: 2017.4346.1b-2
Rei Kawakubo
Autumn/Winter 1998–1999
Group shot: 2006.1433.1-3
Oscar de la Renta
1980s
Dress, Jacket, Cummerbund and Underdress
Karl Lagerfeld
Spring/Summer 1994
Group shot: 2010.226.1-5
Zandra Rhodes
1980s
Quilt: Suntreader No. 3
Michael F. James
1980
Conservation Status: After Treatment
mid to late 1860s
Bag
late 19th century