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Object Number 36-76-10/6223
Display Title Rio Grande blanket, banded layout
Descriptions
Object Description Rio Grande blanket, banded layout. Red, natural gray-brown, light blue, cream, brown, and rust z-spun wool weft and cream z-spun s-twist 2-ply wool warp. Six bands of red with stripes of brown, rust, gray-brown alternating with seven bands of cream with light blue stripes, red and gray bands top and bottom. Fringe top and bottom. Side selvages, weft woven over double warp, then two single warps, and wrapped around third single warp. Top and bottom selvages, warps are tied to create a fringe. Length: 213 cm; Width: 137 cm; Fringe: 1.5 cm. Thread count: Warp -- 3 ends/cm; Weft -- 10-12 ends/cm.
Inventory Description Blanket, brown, orange, blue, and white
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: 213.36 x 139 cm (84 x 54 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-76-10/6223
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Francisco J. Manrique (1917-1932)
Donor Mrs. Samuel Cabot (1936)
Donor Mrs. Henry Lyman (1936)

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