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Object Number 22-13-10/97936
Display Title Black wool manta with embroidered blue borders
Descriptions
Object Description Twill weave manta in black and indigo z-spun single-ply wool. Body of manta is black twill weave. Top and bottom borders have been embroidered with indigo wool, alternating diamond twill-style pattern with concenctric triangle pattern. Inner portion of embroidered border appears to have been an undulating indigo line with small flowers evenly spaced along width of manta. Narrow indigo border also embroidered up side selvages. Side selvages rolled and stitched with black wool. Top and bottom selvages rolled an wrapped with indigo wool. Length: 98.8 cm; Width: 137.5 cm; Depth: .4 cm. Thread count: Warp -- 9 ends/cm; Weft -- 7 ends/cm. Poor condition. Tattered. Many large holes, some mended, but mending is coming apart as well. Selvages also disintegrating in places. Black wool[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Shawl, blue and black
Classification
  • Shawl
Department Ethnographic
Date ca.1860-1880
Culture
  • Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
  • Zuñi
  • Acoma
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 98.8 x 137.5 x 0.4 cm (38 7/8 x 54 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 97936
Provenance
Provenance Unknown
Expedition Samuel J. Guernsey (1922 - 1922)

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