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Object Number
995-29-10/73904
Display Title
Banded saddle blanket/rug with blocks of stripes at corners
Descriptions
Object Description
Banded saddle blanket/rug. Gray background; center stripe of narrow lines of red and light gray, on a broad band of gray; above and below a series of narrow stripes and lines in red, white, black, grays and brown; the two bands above and below these are stripes of red, gold, gray, brown and black. Bands with narrow stripes of red and gray, and of black, red and gray are near top and bottom. At the top and bottom are wide bands of gray with two narrow disconnected lines in light gray-brown-red, and gold-red in center and blocks of bands of black, brown, red, and gold in each corner. Border: a narrow outer dark brown band at top and bottom. Lazy lines. Warp: white wool, brown wool outer warps; wefts: gray, red, brown, white, gold, black aniline dyed wool. Selvages: weft[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Textile, rug, brown, grey, red, black
Classification
- Blanket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Culture
- Navajo
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico?
North America / United States / Arizona?
North America / United States / Arizona?
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 87 x 77.5 x 0.5 cm (34 1/4 x 30 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73904
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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