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 11. Lana (natural wool) blanket with side bands of lana and garnet red triangles. The top and bottom bands are thin strips of pink and blue. The style is of reduced squares of dark brown and lana.
label: Notes
content: "The blanket is extraordinarily heavy and the weft yarns particularly thick. The blanket was collected in Puyalli from Nelly Valderama Zavaleta. The Puyalli forms the limit of the blanket area. Most designs are larger than those found in blankets woven around Tulpo, Mollebamba and Mollepata. Most blankets there are heavier as well. When the two halves of the blanket were seamed together one side was turned around, a form of color and object variation. The use of pink and light blue dyes in the border indicate it is not a blanket woven during the1920s or 1930s even though its overall design reflects blankets from that period. I suggest a manufacture of 2000 +/- 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 and no insect damage. There is very slight garnet red aniline dye running to wool on the side borders. The blanket is negative to light test and demonstrates good weight. The blanket is extraordinarily heavy. There is very minor wear and tear due to usage and no visible damage. The brown dye is produced from the thin branches and leaves of the walnut tree (nogal). The colors remain very vibrant. The textile is in very stable condition with very mild wear and tear die to usage. The wear and tear is limited to dye running likely incurred when the blanket was washed. The blanket is practically new. (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: 16 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: E432109-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 193 cm
label: Width
content: 160 cm