Blanket

Museum number:
2-64955
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3586
Description:
Saddle blanket; wide central red band with 3-colored diamond with serrate edge; minor bands of purple, white and black separated by course of coral. Handspun wool.
Donor:
Jean Moss and Roger Moss
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Production date:
ca. 1935
Context of use:
Saddle blanket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 73.5 centimeters and length 82 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Blanket, accession number 2-64955, described as Saddle blanket; wide central red band with 3-colored diamond with serrate edge; minor bands of purple, white and black separated by course of coral. Handspun wool.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Blanket, accession number 2-64955, described as Saddle blanket; wide central red band with 3-colored diamond with serrate edge; minor bands of purple, white and black separated by course of coral. Handspun wool.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Blanket, accession number 2-64955, described as Saddle blanket; wide central red band with 3-colored diamond with serrate edge; minor bands of purple, white and black separated by course of coral. Handspun wool.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 2-64955, described as Saddle blanket; wide central red band with 3-colored diamond with serrate edge; minor bands of purple, white and black separated by course of coral. Handspun wool.

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