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 dyed. Weft-faced tapestry weave. Average count: 9 x 15. Outer frame is deep red, with a teal border of triangles. Inner pattern consists of rows of rosettes in yellow, teal and red.
label: Notes
content: "The blanket was collected from Isabel Ascote Polo in 2004. She is from a long line of weavers living around the blanket area especially in La Yeguada. The blanket when collected was new. Although new, the pattern reflects motifs taken from belts that are little unchanged from Inca and colonial times. I suggest its date of manufacture is 2001 +/- 3 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 no fraying and no insect damage. There is no dye running. The blanket is negative to light test and demonstrates good weight. The colors are very vibrant. The textile is almost unused. There is an intact raised nap. (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: La Yeguada, 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: E432102-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 191 cm
label: Width
content: 149 cm