Blanket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1997
label: Collection Date
content: 1965 to 1987
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Eugene H. Boudreau
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Eugene H. Boudreau
notes: label: Notes
content: Information from "Textiles of the American Southwest" webpage entry on this artifact: Blanket, Tarahumara. Collected by Eugene H. Boudreau between 1965 and 1987 in the Municipio de Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico. Dimensions: 65.5 in. (warp) x 67in. (weft). Technique: Warp-faced plain weave with embroidered design and corner tassels. Thread count: Warp = 10/in; Weft = 6/in. Fibers: Warp = 1-ply handspun wool, natural brown and grey, vegetal-dyed red and yellow, Z- spin. Weft = 1-ply handspun wool, natural brown, grey, and white, Z-spin. Design: Brown background with three white, yellow and red stripes. Two stepped lines in yellow and white cross the blanket from corner to corner.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tarahumara (Rarámuri, Ralámuli)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416144
label: USNM Number
content: E429042-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Warp Length
content: 170 cm
label: Width - Weft Length
content: 166.4 cm
label: Length - Length Of Tassels
content: 19.1 cm