Sarape, wool diamond decor. Length 88 inches, width 54 inches. Stylistically “the concentric diamond, horizontally long and narrow.” Medium-red predominating. Black motifs with silver centers, on the red background; red, orange-red, pink, coral, dark red-purple, two blues, two greens, black and silver, in border and center design. Warp 14-15, weft 72-84.
Donor:
Estate of Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Coahuila, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Cohuila
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
September 10, 1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarapes
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1920
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 230 centimeters and length 133 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: attachments
Loans:
S1972-1973 #97: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (May 15, 1973–May 16, 1973) and S1980-1981 #58: University of California, Davis (April 3, 1981–September 12, 1981)