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Colcha
Colcha
Colcha

Colcha

Artist Artist unrecorded
Dateafter 1919
Place madeCarson, New Mexico, United States, North America
MediumWool
Dimensions47 1/4 × 78 3/4 in. (120 × 200 cm)
Classifications(Classification Not Used)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Estate of Amelia B. Hollenbeck, A.1971.29.2
Object numberA.1971.29.2
DescriptionHorizontal design for a hanging. Support, old plainweave fabric, re-used. Embroidery in colcha stitch, solidly worked overall, of handspun, one ply yarns natural and aniline dyed, ravelled from worn old Rio Grande blankets.
On View
Not on view
Colcha embroidery on sabanilla cloth
Artist unrecorded
Post 1919
Embroidered Hanging
late 18th-19th century
Colcha
Artist unrecorded
Crazy at Heart
Lisa Trujillo
2006
Rio Grande Blanket
Artist unrecorded
Serenidad
Rita Padilla Haufmann
July, 2013
Colcha
Artist unrecorded
1790 - 1850
Rio Grande Blanket.
Artist unrecorded
1932
Blanket
Artist unrecorded
ca 1870
Photography by Pennie McBride
Lillian Hartley
ca. 1936
Trunk
Artist unrecorded