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 around 1982 at Rancho Huisuchi, above Munérachi, Chihuahua, Mexico. Dimensions: 73 in. (warp) x 62 in. (weft). Warp dimension with tassels is 96 in. Technique: Plain tapestry weave with tassels. Thread count: Warp = 5/in.; Weft = 8/in. Fibers: Warp = 1-ply handspun wool yarn, natural brown and gray, Z-spin. Weft = 1-ply handspun wool yarn, natural brown and gray, vegetal-dyed red and yellow, Z-spin. Warps form tassels at each end. Design: A dark brown background with design only on the ends. Two bands of orange and yellow framing lines enclosing three orange and yellow serrated diamonds decorate both ends of this blanket.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rancho Huisuchi, Above Munerachi, Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tarahumara (Rarámuri, Ralámuli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416144
label: USNM Number
content: E429485-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Warp Length
content: 183 cm
label: Width - Weft Length
content: 155 cm
label: Length - Length Of Tassels
content: 20 cm