Shoulder blanket; white wool in tapestry weave with multicolor serrate diamond in center with smaller serrate figures around it; zigzag design edges lengthwise; striped design band with serrate designs within at warp ends; two-ply find self fringe; length without fringe 1.98 meter, width 1.16 meter. Context of use: garment.
Donor:
Estate of Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Chihuahua, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Southern Chihuahua; Tarahumara attr.
Culture or time period:
Rarámuri people
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
before 1920
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarapes
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1920
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 210 centimeters and width 118.5 centimeters