Blanket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 May 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 1977 to 2006
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Fabish
label: Donor Name
content: Christian Pettersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Wool blanket, aniline and natural dyes. Weft-faced tapestry weave. Average count: 8 x 22. Blue, green and beige with bands of rosettes, chevrons and kengo clavel.
label: Notes
content: "The blanket…shows kengo clavel en coco along with chevrons, eight pointed rosettes in bands enclosed by thin bands and the classic 1940 style banded top and bottom border. The frayed top and bottom borders are indicative of a blanket more than 35 years of age. Although there is heavy fading of both purple and teal green the blanket hasn't undergone a sufficient number of washings to fade the yarns hidden below the blankets surface. Teal green wasn't seen in blankets until the late 1960s and 1970s. Square blankets are the exceptions to the rule but are seen around this time period. The blanket was collected in Puyalli from Julia Alayo Salcedo. The Alayo name is common to the blanket area where the blanket was very likely woven. I …suggest its date of manufacture at 1960 +/- 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 heavy fraying along the blanket's top and bottom edges. Selvages remain intact. There is no insect damage. There is no dye running. The blanket is positive to light test and demonstrates fair weight. The colors are very faded: vibrant purple to bluish purple and teal green to green. The textile is in stable condition but showing signs of wear and tear long the edges and corners. The textile has been washed and the dyes are generally fast. Textile conservation and cleaning is advisable. Textile repair is necessary. (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: Puyalli, Ancash, 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: E432120-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 135 cm
label: Width
content: 52.5 cm