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Lot Description

Zuni Banded Blanket

fourth quarter 19th century

thick hand-spun wool with a banded design in cream, dark brown, and indigo

62 x 36 inches

Published:

Moss, Roger. Southwestern Banded Blankets, Three Cultures, One Horizon (2011: pg. 12)

Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot, Vol. XVII, No. 2 (1985: 34)

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Collected by ethnologist W. H. Holmes in New Mexico ca 1884.

Condition Report

Upper third of blanket appears to have repair work in indigo bands and upper area of cream. Repair work shows slightly under blacklight.

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