Blanket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 May 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 1999 to 2006
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: 6 x 10. Outer frame is garnet red, the inner yellow frame has ornamental black reversed chevrons and garnet red slashes. The interior design is in the Dechado/Punto Cruz style, in the Enrededara (S. vine) [flowering Plants in Pots] pattern. New.
label: Notes
content: "This blanket was woven by a member of the Aguado family, one of the most important weaving families during the 1990s who mostly wove Punto Cruz (from the Punto Cruz or Cross stitch magazines) designs or otherwise figurative and ornamental elements into their blankets. The motifs aren't associated with any known Punto Cruz magazines, and could be an example of blanket design using figurative and ornamental designs crafted by the imagination of the weaver or based on an outside source he came into contact with. The blanket is considered new and I suggest a date of manufacture of 2003 +/- 2 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, no insect damage, no [dye] running or wear and tear. The blanket is negative to light test and demonstrates good weight. Exceptional spinning of yarn, weaving of textile, and symmetry of motifs. The blanket is new and unused. The blanket is in excellent condition." (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: E432101-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 193 cm
label: Width
content: 158 cm