Blanket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Sep 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 1879 to 1884
name: label: Collector
content: Frank H. Cushing
label: Donor Name
content: Kent Van Allen
notes: label: Notes
content: Striped wool blanket. Weft-faced plain weave, mostly single-ply Z twist yarn (hand spun?). Weft stripes in dark brown, off-white, blue, red (raveled yarn), pink, and mottled grey. The brown and off-white are probably undyed wool. No lazy lines. The warps are mostly dark brown, with a few off-white and pink warps as well. Ends are woven in, and both the ends and sides are twined with blue 2-ply yarn. Blue tassels attached at each corner. Has a few small, minor stains, and a very small area of repair in one corner, but otherwise in very good condition.
label: Notes
content: In 2009, photographs of the blanket were sent to Dr. Ann Hedlund, an expert on Southwest textiles at the Arizona State Museum. She described the pattern as "Moqui stripe" and noted that it could be of Navajo make, as both Navajo and Zuni weaving shared common traits at that time, and there was active trade between the two groups. However, she noted that the use of dark colored warps is a typical Zuni trait. See the accession file for Dr. Hedlund's correspondence with comments on construction details.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Apr 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Zuni (A:shiwi)
label: Culture
content: Navajo (Diné) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2050528
label: USNM Number
content: E432581-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 186 cm
label: Width
content: 123 cm