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Banded saddle blanket or rug
Banded saddle blanket or rug
Object Number 995-29-10/73876
Display Title Banded saddle blanket or rug
Descriptions
Object Description Banded saddle blanket or rug. Plain weave, very loosely woven of loosely spun wool, white background with narrow stripes in orange and light brown and white in various groupings forming four bands separated by two white bands quite broad and with a narrow light brown band in middle, and a plain white band, with white border bands at each end. Warp: white natural handspun wool; wefts: white and light brown natural handspun wool, orange natural handspun aniline dyed wool. Selvages: 2-ply orange and 2-ply dark brown cords added in at sides, 3-ply white cords added in top and bottom. Warp direction 135 x weft direction 102 x depth 1 cm, plus 6-12 cm remnants of tassels at each corner. Paper tag, written in pencil: "Navajo striped blanket 40 1/2 x 51" Kent, Kate Peck, [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Rug, white with tan and orange stripes
Classification
  • Rug
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1920-1940?
Culture
  • Early Modern Period
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico?
North America / United States / Arizona?
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 135 x 102 x 1 cm (53 1/8 x 40 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73876
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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