Geometric design (light and dark blue, red, brown, and grey. Fringe: brown and grey. Cream ground, designs include swastikas, arrows, large multicolored diamond in center.
Donor:
Mrs. William E. Colby
Collection place:
Chimayo, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Santa Fe; Chimayo
Culture or time period:
Chimayo
Collector:
Mrs. William E. Colby and William E. Colby
Collection date:
before March 17, 1958
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 189 centimeters and width 131.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: Good example of continuity and change; cf. James, "Indian Blankets and Their Makers", fig. 252.