Serape. Wool in tapestry weave; cotton fringe; navy blue ground, diamond center motif (blue, black, white, and red) with similar pattern along border. Length 92 cm by 98 cm (without fringe). Saltillo style. Wool in weft face tapestry weave with kelim slits, cotton warp. “Mexican-aniline style” (E. Boyd, D. Bowen, 1973). See 3-15988-98.
Donor:
Frederick H. Douglas Memorial Collection
Collection place:
Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Northern Mexico, att.
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Frederick H. Douglas
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarapes
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes