Blanket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 May 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 1977 to 2006
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Fabish
label: Donor Name
content: Christian Pettersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Wool blanket with cotton binding, aniline and natural dyes. Weft-faced tapestry weave. Average count: 10 x 20. Red and natural striped blanket with worn binding.
label: Notes
content: "Many tapestry woven banded blankets during the 19320s and 1930s consisted of two-colored motifs very similar to the striped motif on the warp-faced plain weaves woven on back-strap looms. Manufactured cotton cloth called drill (S. a strong cotton cloth) was brought from the coast and used for hemming. …It was sewn over the edges of blankets using Singer sewing machines that were either operated by a winding handle or a foot pedal. The blanket was collected in Mollebamba from Gilmer Zamudio Perez. Taking everything into account in addition to the general count for the blanket which provided a sturdy background to fasten the ribete to and allowing its survival for a longer than normal period of time, reflects a very early date of manufacture. The blanket is at least 70 years old. I suggest a date of manufacture of 1925 +/- 5 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 and no insect damage. There is slight dye running. The blanket is positive to light test and demonstrates light weight. There is wear and tear due to usage but no visible damage. The ribete is almost entirely worn away. There is damage to the central field of the blanket in two places. The damage was repaired by the indigenous owner of the blanket. There is slight damage on the side edges of the blanket. The selvage damage was repaired by a hand-sewn hem also present as reinforcement in other places of the blanket's edges. The textile is in relatively stable condition for its age with heavy wear and tear due to usage. Textile repair is essential. (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: 17 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mollebamba, 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: E432119-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blanket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 166 cm
label: Width
content: 130 cm