Colcha embroidery on sabanilla cloth
Artist
Artist unrecorded
DatePost 1919
Place madeCarson, New Mexico, United States, North America
MediumWool
DimensionsOverall: 48 1/16 x 79 1/8 in. (122 x 201 cm)
ClassificationsTextile, Decorative
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Historical Society of New Mexico, A5.1960.7
Object numberA5.1960.7
DescriptionSupport, patched old plain weave homespun or sabanilla, from old woolsacks. Design, center, four large intertwined rattlesnakes. On four outer sides, four crucifixions with red corpus. In smaller scale, 14 penitentes in profile, four blue horses and eight pigions on very large scale. Clouds and four-pointed tan stars. Solidly embroidered all over in colcha stitch with light natural background. Yarns, handspun and Germantown, handspun of commercial dyes, ravelled from old blankets.On View
Not on view
Artist unrecorded
late 18th-19th century
Artist unrecorded
Artist unrecorded
Artist unrecorded
