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Object Number 995-29-10/73937
Display Title Banded blanket
Descriptions
Object Description Banded blanket. Five broad blue bands with yellow center line bordered by black and white beading and outer black line alternating with four broad black bands with center green line outlined with black and white beading; these bands separated from each other by eight white bands. Border: black bands top and bottom. Warp: white natural wool; wefts: white natural wool, black natural wool augmented, yellow wool probably aniline dyed, blue wool indigo dyed, and green wool dyed with yellow and indigo. Selvages: 2-ply brown and 2-ply gray cords added in at sides, 2-ply black cords added in top and bottom. Warp direction 149 x weft direction 97.5 x depth .7 cm, plus 10-15 cm tassels, braided 7-13 cm, tied, rest loose. Paper tag, written in pencil: "Hopi blanket with indigo [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Textile, rug, blue, white, brown
Classification
  • Blanket
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1950s
Culture
  • Hopi
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Hopi mesas
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 149 x 97.5 x 0.7 cm (58 11/16 x 38 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73937
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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