Object class: Coverings and hangings / Function: 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 9-18234, described as Blanket (all-purpose cloth used for wrap, hammock, baby carrier, etc.): indigo ground; patterned bands of fine geometric designs and stripes on broad strip of red ground on both ends of blanket (there is a continual variation in pattern in these bands). Made from 4 pieces of handwoven cotton hand-stitched together; natural dyes (indigo and cocchineal red (?)); black weft thread; supplementary warp design; rolled hand-stitched hems.

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 10-2435, described as Death blanket; cotton; plain weave; double warp and weft; pieced; red, white, blue stripes; brocade; red and white fringe 85 by 52 inches

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 3-3334, described as Blanket; brown and white striped

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 3-4635, described as Blanket in blue and brown colors. Six long narrow panels joined with hand sewn seams. Embroidery on the panels. 366 cm. by 178 cm. Warp: llama (?), Weft: wool. Coarse plain weave. Embroidered. Note: Alejandro de Avila Blomberg (1984) says not Mexican.

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 5-2658, described as Skin blanket; made from hide of Kwalate (buck); approx. 73 inches x 60 inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 5-15403, described as Blanket. Blue and white (undyed). Constructed of 9 strips handsewn together, alternating stripes at each end with matching woven brocade pattern area in the center. Unfinished fringe. 170 centimeters by 298 centimeters including fringe. From Mali, Segou, Dogon. Materials and techniques: handspun natural and dyed single and 2-ply yarns, weft face plain weave, overlay brocade patterning. Context of use: donor notes blanket was made to be used by males.

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 3-3425, described as Woven woolen blanket, fringed triangular design, black, blue, white

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 3-32033, described as Woven horse blanket, multicolored pattern with fringe.

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 3-3424, described as Woven woolen blanket, fringed, triangular design, black, white, blue, brown

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 2-14951, described as Red, black and gray design; red field has large gray Maltese cross with terraced edges; spirit trail in border. Fine quality native hand-spun yarn.