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Object Number
994-33-10/74613
Display Title
Late classic serape with vertical layout, Germantown
Descriptions
Object Description
Late classic serape with vertical layout. Germantown. Banded background in alternate black and yellow-green narrow stripes. Principle design is vertical large zig-zag figure stepped in red/white/red paralleling vertical edges. In center of field is another vertically-oriented narrow white and yellow zig-zag. At center sides are half diamonds in red and green. Warp 15/inch, weft 30/inch (Joe Ben Wheat).
Inventory Description
Blanket with green, red, and white geometric pattern
Classification
- Blanket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1869-1873
Culture
- Navajo
- Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 185.5 x 135 x 0.3 cm (73 1/16 x 53 1/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
994-33-10/74613
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(Before 1978 - 1982)
Collector
Col. Charles Atherton Hartwell
(1869-1873)
Intermediary
Alfred Townsend Hartwell Jr.
Donor
Mr. Stephen Murphy
(1994)
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