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Object Number
01-14-10/56763
Display Title
Saddle blanket or rug, double size with two-faced weave.
Descriptions
Object Description
Saddle blanket or rug, double size with two-faced weave. Wool. Face of red background with four rows of white hour-glass forms within black diamond within orange serrated diamonds in center and half forms at sides; reverse brown and cream stripes.
Inventory Description
Blanket, woven wool, red background, black and white diamond designs
Classification
- Blanket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1900
Culture
- Early Rug Period
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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New Mexico
Materials
Wool, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 73.5 x 112 cm (28 15/16 x 44 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam
(1901 - 1901)
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