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Object Number
985-27-10/58912
Display Title
Late classic serape, banded layout
Descriptions
Object Description
Late classic serape, banded layout. Wool: white; central band: small joined stepped red & blue diamonds, red & blue stripe edges; above/below band w/ horizontal stepped red & blue zigzags, red & blue stripe edges; ends serrated red & blue half diamond center, red & blue quarter diamonds at corners.
Inventory Description
Blanket, wool, multi-hued geometric designs and bands, highly worn
Classification
- Blanket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1860-1870
Culture
- Navajo
- Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wool, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 132 x 79 cm (51 15/16 x 31 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
34590
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1935)
Collector
William Frederick Milton Arny
(early 1870s or before - 1874)
Intermediary
Katharine Cosgrove
(1874 - 1874)
Intermediary
George Curtis
(1874 - 1935)
Intermediary
Cornelius Burton (Burt) Cosgrove Sr.
(1935 - 1935)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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