Blanket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1997
label: Collection Date
content: Early 1960s
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Eugene H. Boudreau
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Eugene H. Boudreau
notes: label: Notes
content: Serape style, polished, natural colors. Zigzag margins. Super fine spin. Information from "Textiles of the American Southwest" webpage entry on this artifact: Blanket, Mayo. Collected by Eugene H. Boudreau in the early 1960s in Bacabachi, Sonora, Mexico. Dimensions: 72.5 in. (warp without fringe) x 58 in. (weft); fringe = 4 in. Technique: Tapestry weave. Thread count: Warp = 8/in.; Weft = 10/in. Fibers: Warp = 1-ply handspun wool yarn, natural white, Z-spin. Weft = 1-ply handspun wool yarn, natural white, gray, tan, and brown, Z-spin. Design: A central diamond motif in natural white, gray, tan, and brown is set on a natural white background with floral and leaf auxiliary motifs. All are framed by a brown border with floral and leaf auxiliary motifs on the ends, and a zigzag pattern along the sides. Tassels from the warps are braided at both ends.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bacabachi, Sonora, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mayo (Yoreme)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416144
label: USNM Number
content: E429181-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Warp Length
content: 183 cm
label: Width - Weft Length
content: 147 cm
label: Length - Length Of Tassels
content: 10 cm