Manta
Object Number:
29-138-2
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Pueblo
Zuni
Provenience:
New Mexico
Culture Area:
Greater Southwest
Date Made:
c. 1850
Early Date:
1825
Late Date:
1875
Section:
American
Materials:
Native Wool
Cochineal Dye
Technique:
Handspun
Embroidered
Description:
All wool. Native dyes. Diagonal twill weave with diamond twill ends. Black with embroidery in red near ends and a narrow line bordering entire blanket.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Mrs. E.G. Woolworth
Current & Past Exhibitions:
American Indian Life 1776-1976 ( Dec 1976 - 1978)
Bibliography:
[Book] Wheat, Joe B. 1984. The Gift of Spiderwoman. Southwestern Textiles. The Navajo Tradition. : Page/Fig./Plate: 25
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