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White wool manta (Maiden Shawl) with red and blue borders
White wool manta (Maiden Shawl) with red and blue borders
Object Number 995-29-10/73974
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. Made of black, white and red commercially porcessed aniline-dyed, s-spun wool. Very typical Maiden shawl with broad white horizontal band in center with black border on both ends separated from white interior by broad red horizontal band with two thin white lines in each red panel. The ends have been roilled and machine stitched with hemming tape, side selvages are left as woven over thicker edge cord. Length: 96.7 cm, Width: 118.6 cm, Depth: .3 cm. Tassel opf approx. 13 cm each adorn each corner. Thread count: Warp -- 4 ends/cm, Weft -- 9 ends/cm. Excellent condition. Plain weave. Paper tag (handwritten) says "Maiden Shawl, wool Hispanic weave, 38 1/2 x 46"
Inventory Description Blanket or shawl, black, red, and white
Classification
  • Blanket
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1960-1990
Culture
  • Modern
  • Rio Grande Pueblo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 118.6 x 96.7 x 0.3 cm (46 11/16 x 38 1/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73974
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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