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Object Number 78-35-10/14720
Display Title Serape, banded layout (The "Bartlett blanket")
Descriptions
Object Description Serape, banded layout. Wool. White background, narrow bands of many colors, tans, browns, greys predominate. Tan bands across center, with mainly tan half diamond forms top and bottom and truncated quarter diamonds at the corners. Z pink and S lt. crimson are lac dyed.
Inventory Description Shawl, white with stripes
Classification
  • Shawl
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1840-1850
Culture
  • Navajo
  • Classic Period (US Southwest)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 126 x 82 cm (49 5/8 x 32 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14720
Provenance
Collector John R. Bartlett (1851 - Sept. 1878)
Donor John R. Bartlett (1851 - Sept. 1878)

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