Saltillo Poncho
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Apr 1927
name: label: Donor Name
content: Miss Isabel C. Freeman
notes: label: Notes
content: Information from "Textiles of the American Southwest" webpage entry on this artifact: Saltillo Poncho, Hispanic. Date and place of collection unknown. Gift of Miss Isabella C. Freeman and Mrs. B.H. Buckingham. Acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1927. Dimensions: 97 in. (warp) x 51 in. (weft); fringe = 1 in. on either end. Technique: Plain tapestry weave. Two pieces sewn together with opening in center. Thread count: Warp = 17 /in. Weft = 32/in. Fibers: Warp = 2-ply commercial cotton. Weft = 1-ply commercial wool yarn, white, red, pink, yellow, black, green, blue, Z-spin. Design: The central motif is a large serrated diamond in red, patterned with small diamonds in all colors. The background is white patterned with very small serrated diamonds in all colors. The entire poncho is framed with a red border patterned with diagonal stripes and small diamonds in all colors. The opening for the head is trimmed with green ribbon.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Sep 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 096010
label: USNM Number
content: E334965-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Serape