Blanket

Museum number:
3-29917
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
G 149 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4193
Description:
Treadle-loomed, twill and weft-faced tapestry weaves; cut and twisted warps create 11" fringes; 180 cm X 85 cm.
Donor:
Penelope Cooper
Collection place:
Quiché Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; Chichicastenango
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Penelope Cooper
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
Collected by Fifi White, acquired by Penelope May Cooper in the 1980s, donated to the museum in 1986. Multicolored designs oil tapestry weave alternating with checkered patterns (Schevill:41); twisted brown wool yarns create fringes, overall appearance rectangular shaped; red and dk. blue yarn in other similar textiles from Eisen collection dyed with cochineal and indigo; yarns in this example have not been tested.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Blanket, accession number 3-29917, described as Treadle-loomed, twill and weft-faced tapestry weaves; cut and twisted warps create 11" fringes; 180 cm X 85 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Blanket, accession number 3-29917, described as Treadle-loomed, twill and weft-faced tapestry weaves; cut and twisted warps create 11" fringes; 180 cm X 85 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Blanket, accession number 3-29917, described as Treadle-loomed, twill and weft-faced tapestry weaves; cut and twisted warps create 11" fringes; 180 cm X 85 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 3-29917, described as Treadle-loomed, twill and weft-faced tapestry weaves; cut and twisted warps create 11" fringes; 180 cm X 85 cm.

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