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Object Number
985-27-10/58929
Display Title
Late classic serape with banded layout
Descriptions
Object Description
Late classic serape with banded layout. Wool: red ground with four horizontal rows of three concentric serrated diamonds separated by five shallow horizontal zigzag bands in dark blue and cream; narrow cream and dark blue stripes top and bottom. 147.5 x 102 cm.
Inventory Description
Blanket, wool, polychrome geometric designs
Classification
- Blanket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c.1865-1875
Culture
- Late Classic Period (US Southwest)
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wool, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 147.5 x 102 x 0.3 cm (58 1/16 x 40 3/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/58929; NAVAJO/BLANKET - RUG?/NOT ORIG CAT #/CLAF/B9:372:I
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1920s-1930s - 1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1920s-1930s - 1985)
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