Rio Grande Blanket

NameBlanket

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Place madeTexas, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWool

Dimensions67 11/16 × 46 1/16 in. (172 × 117 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Alfred I. Barton, A.1965.67.1

Object numberA.1965.67.1

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DescriptionAIB NO. 226. Woven in 2 widths, multiple warps on selvedges, ends ravelled and retied so it is not full original length. Handspun white warps, h.s. wefts. Colors, light and dark natural, dark indigo. Design; blue and brown striped bands.

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