Serape

Museum number:
3-27500
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.562
Description:
Shoulder blanket; white wool in tapestry weave; center is serrate diamond in black, yellow, white and red; at each end is band with black and yellow stripes and chevron-like design band; two-ply twisted self fringe; length without fringe 1.96 meters, width 1.12 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:
length 204 centimeters and width 113 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: heavy
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Serape, accession number 3-27500, described as Shoulder blanket; white wool in tapestry weave; center is serrate diamond in black, yellow, white and red; at each end is band with black and yellow stripes and chevron-like design band; two-ply twisted self fringe; length without fringe 1.96 meters, width 1.12 meters. Context of use: garment.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Serape, accession number 3-27500, described as Shoulder blanket; white wool in tapestry weave; center is serrate diamond in black, yellow, white and red; at each end is band with black and yellow stripes and chevron-like design band; two-ply twisted self fringe; length without fringe 1.96 meters, width 1.12 meters. Context of use: garment.

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