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Object Number 44-35-10/27483
Display Title Serape, late classic banded layout
Descriptions
Object Description Serape, banded layout. Tapestry weave; probably bayeta; red background with dark colored design; red is cochineal dye.
Inventory Description Shawl, red with black and white
Classification
  • Shawl
Department Ethnographic
Date 1864-1870
Culture
  • Navajo
  • Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Wool
Quantity 1
Label on object 44-35-10/27483
Provenance
Collector Clarence Pullen (?)
Intermediary Old South Church of Boston (06/16/1944)
Donor Hemenway Heirs (? - 06/16/1944)

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