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Serape, Saltillo style.
Object Number 39-53-10/18438
Display Title Serape, Saltillo style.
Descriptions
Object Description Serape, Saltillo style with pattern of three concentric outline diamonds in cream, green, yellow, blue-black, borwn-black; white and green stripe border top and bottom on red background. Saltillo style. Thread count: 3 warp per cm; 20 weft per cm. Weft: red s-spin, z-twist, 3-ply wool; brown-black z-spin, s-twist, 3-ply wool; cream z-spin, s-twist, 3-ply wool; dark green z-spin, s-twist, 3-ply wool; yellow z-spin, s-twist, 3-ply wool; blue-black z-spin wool. Warp: cream z-spin wool Selvages: sides blue-black z-spin, s-twist, 2-ply cord woven in; top and bottom: blue-black brown-black z-spin, s-twist, 3-ply cord woven in corners augmented, tied in tassel. Wool very fuzzy
Inventory Description Shawl, red with white, green, blue
Classification
  • Shawl
Department Ethnographic
Date ca 1875-1885
Culture
  • Navajo
  • Transition Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Sheep wool, Dye, Aniline dye
Dimensions Overall: 200 x 146 cm (78 3/4 x 57 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-53-10/18438
Provenance
Collector Mrs. J. H. Wolcott (1880)
Donor Mrs. S.S. Drury (6/23/1939)

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