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Object Number 36-76-10/6221
Display Title Rio Grande blanket with banded layout
Descriptions
Object Description Rio Grande blanket, banded layout. Red-orange, brown-black, cream, orange, light green and light purple z-spun wool weft and cream z-spun s-twist 2-ply wool warp. Four bands of red with narrow strips of orange, brown-black, light green, and light purple alternating with three wider stripes of cream bordered by dark brown stripes. Remnants of fringe at top and bottom. Side selvages: weft wrapped around outer double warps, now mostly repair work. Top and bottom selvages: warp ends tied to create fringe, only remnants left. Length: 239 cm; WIdth: 139 cm. Thread count: Warp -- 2 ends/cm; Weft -- 12 ends/cm. Coarse yarn and weaving
Inventory Description Blanket, red with stripes
Classification
  • Blanket
Department Ethnographic
Date ca.1870-1890?
Culture
  • Rio Grande Hispanic
  • Transition Period?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / Rio Arriba County / Chimayo
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 239 x 139 cm (94 1/8 x 54 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-76-10/6221
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Francisco J. Manrique (1917-1932)
Donor Mrs. Samuel Cabot (1956)
Donor Mrs. Henry Lyman (1956)

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