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Blanket, serape

Dateearly 20th Century

GeographyMexico

MediumWool, cotton tapestry weave

Dimensions109.2 x 218.4 cm (43 x 86 in.)

ClassificationsFurnishing

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Gustav Ecke, 2005 (13284.1)

Object number13284.1

DescriptionHand woven blanket of cotton warp and wool weft. Olive ground with large central laterally oriented diamond with polychrome interlocking hook pattern. Along sides are 3” wide borders of purple and yellow chevrons outside an inner border of polychrome chevrons. Blue fading into pink horizontal stripes at ends. Polychrome parallelograms throughout olive ground. 8.5” partially knotted fringe at both ends.

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