Blanket

Museum number:
2-71592
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071592
Accession number:
Acc.4535
Description:
Frame loom, weave weft faced, plain weave. Finished with single crochet around four sides. Handspun sheep's wool. Brown, salmon, cream. Four horizontal bands of design against light, brown background. Very supple. Good condition.
Donor:
Dorothy Weicker
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 167 centimeters and length 152 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 2-71592, described as Frame loom, weave weft faced, plain weave. Finished with single crochet around four sides. Handspun sheep's wool. Brown, salmon, cream. Four horizontal bands of design against light, brown background. Very supple. Good condition.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 2-71592, described as Frame loom, weave weft faced, plain weave. Finished with single crochet around four sides. Handspun sheep's wool. Brown, salmon, cream. Four horizontal bands of design against light, brown background. Very supple. Good condition.

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