Blanket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 May 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 2004
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. Red outer border, the inner border is beige and burgundy triangles. The background is burgundy with beige, pink and burgundy designs. The interior motifs are a mixture of geometrics, including the rosettes, and the chevron pattern Fabish believes to be Incan, which is called kengo clavel.
label: Notes
content: "The blanket was collect[ed] in early 2004 from Nimia Zamudio Lopez in Condormarca, a little hamlet near La Yeguada and woven by Felipe Ascate. The Ascate and Polo families both weave and both use the kengo clavel motif seen in this blanket. The partitioning of the kengo clavel…can encompass many design modifications and variations at the apices of the zigzag. Thus, based on the motif in kengo clavel in the blanket…, a date of manufacture …can be placed during this time period (1940s to 1960s). I suggest the age of the blanket is around 50 years old at the time of collection and its date of manufacture at 1960 +/- 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 slight fraying along the blanket's edges and corners. There is no insect damage. There is slight dye running. The blanket is negative to light test and demonstrates good weight. The colors are very vibrant. The textile has been washed and the dyes are generally fast with very minor running from burgundy to lana. (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: Condormarca, La Libertad, 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: E432104-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 178 cm
label: Width
content: 148 cm