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Object Number
985-27-10/58906
Display Title
Late classic serape
Descriptions
Object Description
Late classic serape with five bands of blue terraced triangular shapes on background of red and blue alternating stripes; red and blue horizontal stripes top and bottom. Thread count: 3.5 warp per cm, 16 weft per cm Weft: handspun blue z-spin indigo-dyed wool; recarded red z-spin bayeta
Warp: handspun z-spin brown and white undyed wool Selvages: sides blue faded to tan z-spin, s-twist, 3-ply cord woven in; top and bottom blue z-spin, s-twist, 3-ply cord woven in; corners braided(?) or knotted(?) into 5 cm solid piece
Inventory Description
Blanket, red and black
Classification
- Blanket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1875
Culture
- Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wool, Dye, Indigo, Bayetta
Dimensions
Overall: 178 x 116 cm (70 1/16 x 45 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/58906 / 34580
Credit Line
Bequest of William H. Claflin, Jr., 1985
Provenance
Collector
Eliza Hosmer
(After 1875)
Intermediary
Abbie Hosmer
(1932)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1932 - 1983)
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