Blanket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Dec 1938
name: label: Donor Name
content: Adj Gen. Alfred C. Hawley
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Small blanket in white, black and red. This is probably a modern Chimayo blanket that had been acquired by the Navajo, where Hawley evidently collected it." Information from "Textile of the American Southwest" webpage entry on this artifact: Blanket, Hispanic, early 20th century, New Mexico. Donated by Alfred C. Hawley in 1938. Dimensions: 30.5 in. (warp) (32.5 with fringe) x 25.5 in. (weft). Technique: Plain weave with short fringe. Thread count: Warp = 10/in. Weft = 20/in. Fibers: Warp = cotton twine. Weft = 3-ply wool yarn in natural white and dyed black and red, S-twist, Z-spin. Design: Primarily a red background with a white serrated diamond for a central motif. On either side of the central motif are white bands with black auxiliary motifs. The end panels are white with 3 black stripes.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chimayo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 150648
label: USNM Number
content: E379889-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket