Serape
Blanket
64-6-1
From: New Mexico | Fort Union
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 64-6-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Navajo |
| Provenience | New Mexico | Fort Union |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Date Made | 1860-1865 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Homespun Wool | Natural Dye |
| Technique | Handspun | Woven | Dyed |
| Description | Late Classic serape. Meander and vertical zigzag stripes in red and blue on zoned white ground. Warp: handspun wool - white. Weft: handspun wool - white; raveled - indigo-dyed blue, crimson dyed with lac and cochineal. |
| Length | 191 cm |
| Width | 134 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Robert Dechert, 1964 |
| Other Number | 625 - Other Number |
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