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Object Number
985-27-10/58904
Display Title
Late Classic/Transitional wool serape.
Descriptions
Object Description
Banded serape. Wool, red background, central panel w/ green & gold stepped outline diamond in center encloses white cross & half-diamonds at sides; above & below blue bands alternate w/ gold & green key pattern; outline green & yellow half & quarter diamonds at top & bottom. 125 x 74 cm.
Inventory Description
Blanket, woven wool, red with polychrome band and geom. designs, frayed, mended
Classification
- Blanket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1880
Culture
- Navajo
- Transition Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wool, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 125 × 76.5 cm (49 3/16 × 30 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
34577
Provenance
Collector
Eliza Hosmer
(mid 1870s)
Intermediary
Abbie Hosmer
(1932)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1932 - 1985)
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