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date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Jul 1995
name: label: Donor Name
content: Larry Wilner
notes: label: Notes
content: MEDIUM WEIGHT, LOOM WOVEN NAVAJO TEXTILE IN THE STYLE OF THE CRYSTAL AREA, POSSIBLY DATING TO 1920S. WEAVING TECHNIQUE FLUCTUATES BETWEEN WEFT FACED AND BALANCED PLAIN TAPESTRY WEAVE (EMERY 1980: 76) WITH ALTERNATING MEDIUM GREEN, RED, BLACK, AND MEDIUM BLUE COLORED BANDS WITH MEDIUM GREEN LATCH HOOK DESIGNS (KENT 1985: 88) ON MEDIUM TAN BACKGROUND. HIGHLY TWISTED Z TWIST WARP YARNS, 8 YARNS/INCH AND LOOSLEY TWISTED Z TWIST WEFT YARNS, 11 YARNS/INCH. SUPPLEMENTARY WARP AND WEFT ON SELVAGES OF TWISTED, PAIRED 2-PLY YARNS. SEVERE STAINING IN MULTIPLE AREAS WITH ONE LARGE STAIN OF ENCRUSTED DEBRIS. RE-STITCHING REPAIRS DONE IN DARK BROWN YARN ON WEFT SELVAGES. TWO 1" LONG HOLES AND ONE 1/2" LONG HOLE NEAR CCENTER LATCH HOOK DESIGN. WEAVING HAS DIAGONAL LAZY LINES. SEE ACCESSION RECORDS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Navajo (Diné)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400223
label: USNM Number
content: E428948-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 348 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 189 cm