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Diamond twill saddle blanket or rug
Diamond twill saddle blanket or rug
Object Number 995-29-10/73901
Display Title Diamond twill saddle blanket or rug
Descriptions
Object Description Diamond twill saddle blanket or rug. Red background with bands of diamond twill and bands with narrow stripes. Bands at center, top and bottom consist of center stripe of orange-black-red diamond twill on red band with border of white, black and green narrow stripes above and below; the bands between have two slightly wider bands of black-green-orange diamond twill on red band, with a narrow band of orange and green stripes separating them. Border: band of red at top and bottom. Warp: white plied cotton?; wefts: white wool, black wool augmented, red , orange wool aniline dyed, green commercial plied Germantown wool. Selvages: 3-ply red cords added in all four edges. Corner tassels once augmented with red, black and yellow cords. Warp direction 134.5 x weft direction 81 [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Rug, red with multicolor stripes
Classification
  • Blanket
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1880-1895
Culture
  • Transition Period
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona?
North America / United States / New Mexico?
Materials Wool, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 134.5 x 81 x 0.4 cm (52 15/16 x 31 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73901
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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