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Object Details

Collector

Dr. Washington Matthews

Donor Name

Dr. Washington Matthews

Notes

FROM CARD: "SMALL SIZE. SMALL SADDLE THROW. PLAIN TAPESTRY, FINE. MADE CA. 1880. HANDSPUN & GERMANTOWN WOOL YARN. HORIZONTAL SALTILLO NESTED DIAMOND IN WHITE, BLUE, YELLOW, GREEN, PALE ORANGE, RED CENTER. ACROSS BOTTOM IS A MEANDER STRIPE IN GREEN & YELLOW. FILLING THE CORNER SPACES ARE STACKED HALVED OFFSET DIAMONDS IN BLUE AND WHITE. THOSE AT TOP ARE CONNECTED BY A NARROW BLUE/WHITE STRIPE. SEWN THROUGH FRINGE ACROSS BOTTOM AND AROUND LOWER CORNERS. JOE BEN WHEAT 22/2/1973"

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: ttp://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/coll/textile/jbw_southwest_textile_database/textiles/analysis/1500

Record Last Modified

18 Aug 2021

Specimen Count

Culture

Navajo (Diné)

Accession Date

12 Jul 1888

Collection Date

1888

Accession Number

020888

USNM Number

E129959-0

Object Type

Saddle Blanket

Place

Not Given, Arizona, United States, North America

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Anthropology

Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3735867a9-7fb7-44ba-88a3-3e7633b8ab5f

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8336391