Blanket

Museum number:
2-50136
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2815
Description:
Bedspread or blanket; tapestry weave with wool warp and weft; beige ground with transverse stripes and bands in brown and orange; brown chevrons; "lazy lines" used as design element; very poor condition; borderless. Tapestry weave; handspun wool warp and weft; vegetable dye and natural color yarn. Very soft yarn.
Donor:
Adam Miller and Mrs. Adam Miller
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Taos; Taos
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Howard Moïse
Collection date:
1930-1939
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Probably woven as bedspread or bed blanket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 2.48 meters and width 1.64 meters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 2-50136, described as Bedspread or blanket; tapestry weave with wool warp and weft; beige ground with transverse stripes and bands in brown and orange; brown chevrons; "lazy lines" used as design element; very poor condition; borderless. Tapestry weave; handspun wool warp and weft; vegetable dye and natural color yarn. Very soft yarn.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 2-50136, described as Bedspread or blanket; tapestry weave with wool warp and weft; beige ground with transverse stripes and bands in brown and orange; brown chevrons; "lazy lines" used as design element; very poor condition; borderless. Tapestry weave; handspun wool warp and weft; vegetable dye and natural color yarn. Very soft yarn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 2-50136, described as Bedspread or blanket; tapestry weave with wool warp and weft; beige ground with transverse stripes and bands in brown and orange; brown chevrons; "lazy lines" used as design element; very poor condition; borderless. Tapestry weave; handspun wool warp and weft; vegetable dye and natural color yarn. Very soft yarn.

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