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Object Number
995-2-10/74614
Display Title
Classic serape with diamond network style
Descriptions
Object Description
Classic serape with diamond network style. Red background with a grid of narrow stepped diagonal white bands outlining diamond shapes that contain graduated series of short horizontal blue bars that form diamonds within the grid shape. Across the serape near the mid point the white diagonals form a larger central diamond shape that contains a stepped blue outline diamond, with the horizontal short line diamond element within it, and two matching half diamonds at the sides, separated by two X forms which also contain an X element of short blue lines on the red background; the white stepped grid forms two diamonds abovemiddle blue outline diamond and one and one half diamonds below. Border: narrow bands, at one end a blue, a red, a white, a blue, a red a white, and a red strip[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Blanket, with blue, red, and tan geometric pattern
Classification
- Blanket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1850-1865
Culture
- Classic Period (US Southwest)
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 170 x 117 x 0.2 cm (66 15/16 x 46 1/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-2-10/74614
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(Before 1972 - 1985)
Donor
Mr. Stephen Murphy
(Post 1978 - 1995)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(Before 1972 - 1985)
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