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Catalog Data

Collector:
Mrs. Emily M. Cushing  Search this
Culture:
Navajo (DinĂ©)  Search this
Object Type:
Blanket
Place:
New Mexico, United States, North America
Accession Date:
24 Feb 1900
Notes:
FROM CARD: "RED BACKGROUND; RED, YELLOW, BLUE FRINGE; BORDER: TOP AND BOTTOM, RED AND YELLOW STRIPES; SIDES, RED AND YELLOW TRIANGLES WITH BLUE OUTLINE. OVERALL ZIGZAG PATTERN FORMING THREE LARGE DIAMONDS WITH BLUE AND YELLOW CROSSES IN CENTER, ZIGZAGS IN BLUE, YELLOW, WHITE WITH SERRATED EDGES. 7/1/71 AFTER A THOROUGH INVENTORY OF THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF NAVAHO BLANKETS BY MISS ELLISON BANKS,THIS UNNUMBERED SPECIMEN APPEARS TO BEST FIT THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER."
There is an entry on this artifact in The Joe Ben Wheat Southwest Textile Database, Arizona State Museum, The University of Arizona, www.statemuseum.arizona.edu. Direct link to entry: http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/coll/textile/jbw_southwest_textile_database/textiles/analysis/775 . Identified there as a Navajo sarape.
Record Last Modified:
18 Aug 2021
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
036174
USNM Number:
E204803-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d55250e4-e30d-46ae-8a39-1a4e2c434193
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8356836