Blanket

Museum number:
3-4635
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
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.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, unspecified
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Carleton H. Clark
Collection date:
1882-1886
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 386 centimeters and width 178 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: heavy; conservation
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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