Serape
Blanket
76-23-1
From: Arizona | Navajo Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Diyogi |
| Object Number | 76-23-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Navajo |
| Provenience | Arizona | Navajo Reservation |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Date Made | ca. 1850 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wool | Dye | Cochineal Dye |
| Technique | Handspun | Woven | Dyed |
| Description | Poncho serape. Classic design of terraced concentric triangles, diamonds and zigzags arranged in an all-over integrated composition in crimson, blue and white. Warp: handspun wool - white. Weft: handspun wool - white, indigo - dyed blue; raveled worsted bayeta - crimson, lac and cochineal dye. |
| Length | 176.5 cm |
| Width | 145 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Theodore and Deborah Newbold, 1976 |
| Other Number | L-553-1 - Old Loan Number |
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