Shoulder blanket; brown wool ground in tapestry weave; off-center small serrate and diamond design in three colors; yellow/white double design band at warp ends; twisted, knotted figure; length without fringe 1.64 meter, width 1.20 meters. Context of use: garment.
Donor:
Estate of Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Chihuahua, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Southern Chihuahua; Tarahumara attr.
Culture or time period:
Rarámuri people
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
before 1920
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarapes
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1920
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 112.5 centimeters and length 179 centimeters