Mummy Blanket.
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1930
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harvard University -- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: Information from "Textiles of the American Southwest" webpage entry on these artifacts: Coyote Cave, Coahuila, Mexico. [These] cloth fragments [were] collected by Edward Palmer in Monterrey, Nuevo León, from Ignacio Galindo in 1880 for the Peabody Museum of Harvard and exchanged with the Smithsonian Institution for ethnological material. [part 1 of 3] Blanket (shown in Neg. #2000-8970.11), Dimensions: Approximately 74 in. x 50 in. Technique: Warp-faced plain weave. Two pieces sewn together. Thread Count: Warp=18/in.; Weft=12/in. Fibers: 2-ply, plant fiber (probably Agave lechuguilla), dark brown, medium brown, and tan, Z-spin, S-twist. Design: Patterned with stripes of different widths in dark brown, medium brown, and tan. Comment: Extremely worn in many areas. [part 2 of 3] Cloth Fragment (shown in Neg. #2000-8968.8), Dimensions: 48 in. x 16.5 in. Technique:Twisted looping (knotless netting). Fiber: 2-ply, plant fiber (Agave sp., probably Agave lechuguilla), S-spin, Z-twist. Design: Four strips with zigzag lines, checkerboard patterns, and squares. Each strip has a different combination of these patterns. Comments: Worn in many areas.
label: Notes
content: Large blanket is stored in Pod 4 oversize whole unit. Advance arrangements are needed for access.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Coahuila, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 108499
label: USNM Number
content: A349238-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket