Saddle blanket

Museum number:
2-64927
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3587
Description:
Double saddle blanket; bands of white alternate with wide red bands with narrow stripes of orange and brown within; red has run into white; diagonal twill; handspun wool wefts, wool warps; original corner tassels. Handspun wool in diagonal twill; aniline dyes (red, orange), natural brown.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection date:
1890-1899
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Saddle blankets (animal equipment) and Saddle blankets (blanket type)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Context of use:
Saddle blanket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 140 centimeters and width 88 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Saddle blanket, accession number 2-64927, described as Double saddle blanket; bands of white alternate with wide red bands with narrow stripes of orange and brown within; red has run into white; diagonal twill; handspun wool wefts, wool warps; original corner tassels. Handspun wool in diagonal twill; aniline dyes (red, orange), natural brown.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Saddle blanket, accession number 2-64927, described as Double saddle blanket; bands of white alternate with wide red bands with narrow stripes of orange and brown within; red has run into white; diagonal twill; handspun wool wefts, wool warps; original corner tassels. Handspun wool in diagonal twill; aniline dyes (red, orange), natural brown.

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