Blanket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 May 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 2004
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Fabish
label: Donor Name
content: Christian Pettersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Wool with synthetic and natural dyes. Weft-faced tapestry weave. Average count: 9 x 13. Burgundy background with top and bottom borders of the same color. The side borders are formed by teal and beige zigzags. The pattern is a series of bands of chevrons of teal and beige. Pink bands intersect the chevrons at their tips.
label: Notes
content: "The blanket was collected in Tulpo from Carolos mesa Sanchez in 2004. The blanket is well made using design attributes from the 1940s onward. Everything else points to a much more recent date of manufacture. There is little, if any, signs of natural wear and tear due to use over time. I suggest a date of manufacture 1995 +/- 5 years." (Information abridged from the 2-volume manuscript "Age Analysis for the Christian Pettersen Collection of Huamachuco Blankets to the Smithsonian Institution", by Joseph Fabish, January 20, 2009. These volumes are housed at the National Anthropological Archives.)
label: Notes
content: There is no fraying. There is no insect damage. There is no dye running. The blanket is negative to light test and demonstrates good weight. The colors are vibrant. The textile is in stable condition although there is moth or rat damage to the edges. Otherwise there is very mild wear and tear due to usage. …the blanket is in remarkably good condition and shows signs of must coming off the loom. There are little pieces of yarn sticking out from the surface of the textile where the bobbins being used to manipulate the colored wool yarns ran out and were sometimes tied off and at other times left hanging. Over time and with use these erode and disappear rather quickly. (Information abridged from the 2-volume manuscript "Age Analysis for the Christian Pettersen Collection of Huamachuco Blankets to the Smithsonian Institution", by Joseph Fabish, January 20, 2009. These volumes are housed at the National Anthropological Archives.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tulpo Pueblo, La Libertad, Peru, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Quechua
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2047706
label: USNM Number
content: E432116-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 185 cm
label: Width
content: 146 cm