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Object Number
995-29-10/73973
Display Title
White wool manta (Maiden Shawl) with red and blue borders
Descriptions
Object Description
White wool manta (maiden shawl) with red and blue borders. Commerically processed aniline-dyed black, white and red s-spun wool. Typical of Pueblo maiden shawls with a broad white horizontal band in the center, with a black border on both ends and separated from white interior by broad red horizontal band with two thin white lines in each red panel. The ends have been rolled and machine-stitched with hemming tape. Side selvages have been left as woven. Length: 93.5 cm, Width: 199.3 cm, Depth: .5cm. Thread count: 4 ends/cm warp, 10 ends/cm weft. Excellent Condition.
Paper tag written in pencil: " D'/ Maiden shawl, wool, Hispanic weave 36x47"
Inventory Description
Shawl, white with black and red
Classification
- Shawl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1960-1990
Culture
- Rio Grande Pueblo
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 93.5 x 119.3 x 0.5 cm (36 13/16 x 46 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73973
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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