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Object Number
995-29-10/73900
Display Title
Banded blanket, alternating white and striped bands
Descriptions
Object Description
Banded blanket. Nine bands of red stripes with dark center blue stripe separated by narrow white stripes, alternating with eight bands of white, the two bands at center of blanket narrower than other white bands. The striped bands consist of three red with blue line stripes separated by two white bands at each end, and alternating three red,/blue bands and two white bands, with two red/blue bands and one white band in field between. Warp: white natural handspun wool; wefts: white natural handspun wool, red 3 ply commercial yarn-cochineal?, blue natural handspun wool indigo dyed. Selvages: 3-ply blue cords added in all four edges. Warp direction 127 x weft direction 88 x depth .3 cm, plus 5-6 cm tassels each corner augmented with extra cords. See additional notes under [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Blanket, red, black, and white stripes
Classification
- Rug
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1860-1875
Culture
- Navajo
- Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico?
North America / United States / Arizona?
North America / United States / Arizona?
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 127 x 88 x 0.3 cm (50 x 34 5/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73900
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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