Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0514-0179 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Blanket | |
| Culture | Highland Quechuan | |
| Global Region | South America | |
| Country | Peru | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Puno, Melgar Province | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Nunoa | |
| Maker's Name | Hilario Tapara | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1970s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp and weft: sheep wool; Aniline dyes; Commercial cotton thread | |
| Description | Rectangular blanket probably woven on handmade treadle loom and comprised of two panels that are seamed together down the center; Each panel is woven in plainweave balanced 2/2 twill technique and were possibly woven as a single length and then cut in half, as the cut warp ends have been sewn on a sewing machine to prevent fraying; Design field consists of an all-over pattern of pink stripes and bands, producing solid pink blocks, solid white blocks, and pink and white blocks in remaining areas; Stripe along center seam utilizes dark red warps instead of pink ones, and seam itself is done with a flat joining stitch in dark red yarn; Crocheted border of triangular units with scalloped outer edge frames three edges of seamed blanket; One border is done in white, one in red, and the third one mostly in red with one small section in pink. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 131.0, Length = 167.3 | |