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 with cotton binding, aniline dyes. Weft-faced tapestry weave. Average count: 7 x 15. The blanket is bound with red cotton cloth tape. The background is garnet and ruby red, with pink and blue designs. The style is Punto Cruz (cross stitch) and the design is called Corazon. The pattern is figurative/ornamental. One half of the blanket is smaller with more intense colors than the other.
label: Notes
content: "This blanket was collected in La Yeguada from Isabel Ascate Polo in 2004. The blanket is woven without a distinct border design both on the sides as well as the top and bottom. Blankets without border areas are very rare. The blanket is a classic example of a figurative motif taken from Ponto Cruz magazines. The motif is found in magazine 52. The ribete is the hem that is sometime[s] sewn around the edges of blankets to reinforce against wear and tear. In the blanket… a ribete has been sewn onto it edges five times. The more passes, the more secure the ribete serves to guard against damage. The ribete is made from a thing strip of cotton or velvet cloth. I suggest a date of manufacture sometime during the mid to late 1990s." (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, insect damage, running of dyes or damage. The blanket is negative to light test and demonstrates good weight. The colors remain vibrant. (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: E432107-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 183 cm
label: Width
content: 157 cm