Blanket, "Slave Blanket" Type
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jun 1962
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Beatrice E. Kelley
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "The 'slave type,' of the mid-19th century. Made by Navaho women captives of the Spanish in No. Mexico. Design: rather narrow horizontal stripes like Mexican types - red, yellow, blue and black, with 4 wider ones of natural mixed brownish wool. In good condition. Ref,: H.P. Mera, 'The Slave Blanket,' general series, Bull 5, Lab. Anthrop., Santa Fe, 1938."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Southwest, United States / Mexico, 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: 238619
label: USNM Number
content: E399878-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket