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Object Number
995-29-10/73910
Display Title
Banded saddle blanket or rug
Descriptions
Object Description
Banded saddle blanket or rug. Center band of a black stripe with white stripes above and below separates two broad bands of gray each with a center black serrated diamond enclosing three separate white lines ending in fleche shape, the black diamond is outlined in a narrow white line, and two matching half diamonds at each side; four small black serrated half diamonds are in the four gray half diamond fields between the black diamond and half diamonds. Border: a white band and an outer black band at top and bottom. Warp: white wool; wefts: white, gray and black wool, aniline dyed. Selvages: 2-ply brown cords added in at sides, 3-ply brown cords added in at top and bottom. Warp direction: 66 x weft direction 58 x depth .3 cm, plus 8 cm tassels each corner. Paper tag, [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Saddle blanket, brown, white, grey
Classification
- Blanket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1975-1990
Culture
- Modern
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona?
North America / United States / New Mexico?
North America / United States / New Mexico?
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 66 x 58 x 0.3 cm (26 x 22 13/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73910
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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