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Late Classic/Transitional serape patterned with "Moqui stripes"
Object Number 985-27-10/58913
Display Title Late Classic/Transitional serape patterned with "Moqui stripes"
Descriptions
Object Description Late classic serape, banded layout. Plain tapestry weave with narrow blue-black horizontal zig-zag enclosed in larger blue-black, red, yellow zigzag above and below and central half diamonds and quarter diamonds at edges top and bottom on red background. Thread count: 4 warps per centimerter (11 warp per inch) and 20 to 22 wefts per centimeter Warp: handspun z-spin natural undyed off-white wool Weft: commercial GT z-spin, s-twist, 4-ply red orange aniline-dyed wool; handspun z-spin blue-black indigo-dyed wool; handspun z-spin yellow green native-dyed wool; handspun z-spin yellow native-dyed wool; handspun z-spin brown-black natural wool. Additional object description notes under conservation. Selvages: warp: 2 2-ply button loop closure; weft 2-2ply button loop closure
Inventory Description Shawl, red and blue
Classification
  • Shawl
Department Ethnographic
Date c.1875-1885
Culture
  • Navajo
  • Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Dye, Wool
Dimensions Overall: 197.5 x 137 cm (77 3/4 x 53 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-27-10/58913
Provenance
Collector Rowland Gibson Hazard (1890s)
Intermediary R. G. H. Sturgis
Collector William H. Claflin, Jr. (1920's-1930's - 1985)
Donor William H. Claflin, Jr. (1920's-1930's - 1985)

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