blanket
date: label: Date made
content: 1880
label: associated dates
content: 1973 07 00 / 1973 07 00
label: associated dates
content: 1973 07 00 / 1973 07 00
notes: label: Description
content: Blanket
label: Description
content: Ca. 1850
label: Description
content: The step diamond pattern in the center indicates a Saltillo style serape or poncho popular and common from New Mexico to Guatemala. Thousands of head of sheep were brought in with the Spanish colonization and were well suited to the environment. Wool manufacture become an important part of the local economy. Local Indians already created weavings made from cotton and other plant products. The Spanish incorporated wool manufacturing techniques and encouraged the Indians to do more weaving. The industry died off when new trade brought in cotton cloth, but was revived again when the railroads brought in the tourist trade.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Mexico, Chimayo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gen. &Mrs. Louis A. Craig
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.307460.04
label: accession number
content: 307460
label: catalog number
content: 307460.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: dye, cochineal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: saltillo (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 137 cm x 46 cm; 53 15/16 in x 18 1/8 in