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Object Number
985-27-10/58905
Display Title
Serape, vertical layout. Wool: red background, three vertical stepped zigzags
Descriptions
Object Description
Serape, vertical layout. Wool: red background with three vertical stepped dark blue and white zigzags filling field; three black and white squares and white crosses down each side; narrow blue and light green stripe top and bottom. 128 x 81 cm.
Inventory Description
Blanket, woven wool, red w/ black/white cruciform and geom step motif, no tassel
Classification
- Blanket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1875-1880
Culture
- Navajo
- Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wool, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 82 cm (32 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Eliza Hosmer
(mid 1870s)
Intermediary
Abbie Hosmer
(1932)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1932 - 1985)
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