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Object Number
985-27-10/58928
Display Title
Banded serape, Late Classic
Descriptions
Object Description
Banded serape, Late Classic. Wool: faded red ground; central band w/ large stepped diamond, flanking stepped blue-black half diamonds w/ stepped white lines above/below; vertical figure: small stacked triangles in diamond centers, broken blue-black, cream lines; half & quarter diamonds top/bottom. 118 x 84 cm.
Inventory Description
Blanket, wool, polychrome geometric design
Classification
- Blanket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1860-1865
Culture
- Navajo
- Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wool, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 118 x 84 x 0.3 cm (46 7/16 x 33 1/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/58928; NAVAJO/ ?/NOT ORIG CAT #/CLAF/B9:372:H
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1920s-1930s - 1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1920s-1930s - 1985)
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