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Object Number
995-29-10/73979
Display Title
Brown and white plaid wool manta/shoulder blanket (Bachelor blanket)
Descriptions
Object Description
Brown and white plaid wool manta/shoulder blanket. Very typical bachelor blanket in checkerboard patterns in alternating dark brown and white, plain brown rectangles and plain white rectangles with two large units of diamond twill pattern. Total of 18 diamond twill rectangles (nine each in two rows) separated from each other by solid brown rectangle units. Brown tassesl at each corner. Natural wool.
Inventory Description
Blanket, brown and white
Classification
- Blanket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1900-1930
Culture
- Hopi
- Early Modern Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Arizona
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 116.84 x 139.7 cm (46 x 55 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73979
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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