Object Details
- Collector
- Dr. Washington Matthews
- Donor Name
- Dr. Washington Matthews
- 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
- 1
- 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
- See more items in
- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8336391
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3735867a9-7fb7-44ba-88a3-3e7633b8ab5f
